Noun predicate has 2 senses
  1. 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; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
    --1 is a kind of
    term
    Derived form: verb predicate1
  2. predicate, verb phrase - one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
    --2 is a kind of phrase
    Derived form: verb predicate1
,Verb predicate has 3 senses
  1. predicate - make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
    --1 is one way to
    relate, interrelate
    Derived forms: noun predicate2, noun predicate1, noun predicator1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. predicate, proclaim - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
    --2 is one way to assert, asseverate, maintain
    Derived form: noun predication1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  3. connote, predicate - involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
    --3 is one way to imply
    Derived form: noun predication1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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