predicate

Meaning

Noun

1. The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
2. A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
3. An operator or function that returns either true or false.

Adj

1. Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
2. Predicated, stated.
3. Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.

Verb

1. (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
2. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
3. (transitive) to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
4. (transitive) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
5. (transitive) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.

Synonyms

proclaim

avouch

signify

assert

decision

verb phrase

declare

aver

connote

contend

countenance

decide

denote

determine

give

intermediate

judge

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judgement

like

look

maintain

necessitate

objects

pass on

patronize

predicative

predicator

pronounce

prop

qualification

second

2nd

sense

shore

sponsor

stand by

stand up for

state

support

sustain

underpin

uphold

verb

vow

SQL

verbal phrase

back

🔙

determination criterion

affirm

assertion

assure

Translations

prédicat

Prädikat

predicado

Satzaussage

predicato

κατηγόρημα

gezegde

predicat

predicado

affermare

predikaat

asserire

خَبَر

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/

Etymology

Cognate with French: prédicat

In summary

From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below.
The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).