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"solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"verbinvolve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
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nounone of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
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"The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"verbaffirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
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"`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"noun(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 copulatype of:
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"The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"verbmake the (grammatical) predicate in a propositiontype of:
Definition that contains predicate
- be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- yourself An emphasized or reflexive form of the pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with you; also, alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case.
- himself An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; used as a subject usually with he; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case.
- ourselves An emphasized form of the pronoun of the first person plural; used as a subject, usually with we; also, alone in the predicate, in the nominative or the objective case.
- subject (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated
- clause (grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence
- verb the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence
- conversion interchange of subject and predicate of a proposition
- predicate (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
- predicate make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition