Dictionary Definition
predicate
Noun
1 (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a
proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the
first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates
manhood of Socrates"
2 one of the two main constituents of a sentence;
the predicate contains the verb and its complements [syn: verb
phrase]
Verb
1 make the (grammatical) predicate in a
proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject
`Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
2 affirm or declare as an attribute or quality
of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be
President" [syn: proclaim]
3 involve as a necessary condition of
consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on
understanding it well" [syn: connote]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French predicat (French prédicat), from post-classical praedicatum ‘thing said of a subject’, a noun use of the neuter past participle of praedicare ‘proclaim’, as Etymology 2, below.Pronunciation
- /ˈprɛdɪkət/
Noun
- The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something
about the subject.
- In "The dog barked very loudly", the subject is "the dog" and the predicate is "barked very loudly".
- A statement that may be true or false depending on the values of its variables.
- An operator or function that returns either true or false.
Translations
grammar
- Bulgarian: сказуемо
- Czech: přísudek
- Dutch: gezegde
- Esperanto: predikato
- Finnish: predikaatti
- French: prédicat
- German: Prädikat
- Greek: κατηγόρημα
- Icelandic: umsögn , umsagnarliður
- Ido: predikato
- Interlingua: predicato
- Russian: предикат (predikát)
- Spanish: predicado
- Swedish: (ett) predikat
logic
Pronunciation
- /ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt/
Extensive Definition
Predicate or predication may refer to:
- Predicate (mathematics), a relation, or the boolean-valued characteristic function or indicator function of a relation
- Predicate
(logic), a fundamental concept in first-order logic
- in Bertrand Russell's theory of types, an act of typing: that is, assigning a type
- Syntactic predicate, specifies the syntactic validity of applying a production
- Predicate (grammar), the rest of a sentence apart from the subject
-
Predicate (computer programming), an operator or function which
returns a boolean value
- Branch predication, a choice to execute or not to execute a given instruction based on the content of a machine register
- in Resource Description Framework, a trait or aspect about that resource that is being described
predicate in Czech: Predikát (rozcestník)
predicate in German: Prädikat
predicate in Spanish: Predicado
predicate in Esperanto: Predikato
predicate in Ido: Predikato
predicate in Dutch: Predicaat
predicate in Portuguese: Predicado
predicate in Slovak: Predikát
predicate in Finnish: Predikaatti
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
IC analysis, advance, affirm, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allege, announce, announcement, annunciate, annunciation, appositive, argue, assert, assertion, assever, asseverate, asseveration, attribute, attributive, aver, averment, avouch, avouchment, avow, avowal, bottom, complement, conclusion, construction
modifier, contend,
creed, cutting, declaration, declare, deep structure,
depose, dictum, direct object, enunciate, enunciation, establish, express, filler, form-function unit,
found, function, ground, have, hold, immediate constituent
analysis, indirect object, insist, ipse dixit, issue a
manifesto, lay down, levels, maintain, manifesto, modifier, object, phrase structure,
pose, posit, position, position paper,
positive declaration, postulate, predication, proclaim, proclamation, profess, profession, pronounce, pronouncement, propose, proposition, propound, protest, protestation, put, put it, qualifier, ranks, rest, say, say-so, saying, set down, set forth,
shallow structure, slot,
slot and filler, speak,
speak out, speak up, stance, stand, stand for, stand on,
state, statement, stay, strata, structure, subject, submit, surface structure,
syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, tagmeme, underlying structure,
utterance, vouch, word, word arrangement, word
order