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Definitions of predicate
  1. verb
    involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
    "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

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  2. noun
    one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

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  3. verb
    affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
    "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"

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  4. 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 copula
    "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
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  5. verb
    make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
    "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
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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 make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
  • predicate one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
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