pred·i·cate
ˈpre-di-kət
1
a
: something that is affirmed or denied of the subject in a proposition in logic
b
: a term designating a property or relation
2
: the part of a sentence or clause that expresses what is said of the subject and that usually consists of a verb with or without objects, complements, or adverbial modifiers
predicatively
adverb
pred·i·cate
ˈpre-də-ˌkāt
predicated; predicating
2
a
: to assert to be a quality, attribute, or property
—used with following of
predicates intelligence of humans
b
: to make (a term) the predicate in a proposition
4
: imply
pred·i·cate
ˈpre-di-kət
: completing the meaning of a copula
predicate adjective
predicate noun
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