- 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 - 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
- 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
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun predicate2, noun predicate1, noun predicator1
Somebody ----s something
- 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
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun predication1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- 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
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun predication1
Something ----s something