predicate
/ˈprɛdɪkət/
noun
- In grammar, the part of a sentence or clause that tells what the subject does or is, including the verb and its objects, complements, or modifiers.
- Students learned to identify the subject and predicate in each sentence.
- A complete predicate includes the verb and all the words that modify it.
- In the sentence 'The cat sleeps,' the predicate is 'sleeps.'
- In logic, something that is affirmed or denied about the subject of a proposition.
- He studied how predicates function in formal logic.
- The predicate of a logical proposition expresses a property or relation.
- In the statement 'All humans are mortal,' 'are mortal' is the predicate.
Antonyms
verb
- To base or found something on a particular fact, condition, or principle.
- We cannot predicate our plans on uncertain funding.
- Her argument was predicated on evidence from the study.
- The theory is predicated on the assumption that all people are equal.
- To affirm or assert something about the subject of a proposition.
- He predicated that the solution would require cooperation.
- In logic, to predicate a quality is to state that it belongs to something.
- The philosopher predicated goodness of the human soul.