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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishpredicat(e), fromOld Frenchpredicat (Frenchprédicat), fromMedieval Latinpraedicātum(“thing said of a subject, predicate”),substantivized from thenominativeneutersingular ofpraedicātus, theperfectpassiveparticiplepraedicō(“to proclaim”), see-ate(noun-forming suffix); see alsoEtymology 2 below.

Theadjective was derived from thenoun bymetanalysis, see-ate(adjective-forming suffix).

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Noun

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Examples (grammar)
  • The dogbarked very loudly.

predicate (pluralpredicates)

  2. (grammar) The part of the sentence (orclause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
    Coordinate term:subject
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, inTransformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page438:
      In the light of this observation, consider Number Agreement in a sentence like:
      (120)     They seem to me [S — to befools/✽a fool]
      Here, thePredicate Nominalfools agrees with the italicised NPthey, in spite of the fact that (as we argued earlier) the two are contained in different Clauses at S-structure. How can this be? Under the NPMOVEMENT analysis ofseem structures, sentences like (120) pose no problem; if we suppose thatthey originates in the — position as the subordinate Clause Subject, then we can say that thePredicate Nominal agrees with theunderlying Subject of its Clause. How doesthey get from its underlying position as subordinate Clause Subject to its superficial position as main Clause Subject? By NPMOVEMENT, of course!
    • 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, inTransformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page323:
      Thus, in (121) (a)persuade is clearly athree-placePredicate — that is, aPredicate which takes three Arguments: the first of these Arguments is the Subject NPJohn, the second is the Primary Object NPMary, and the third is the Secondary Object S-bar [that she should resign]. By contrast,believe in (121) (b) is clearly atwo-placePredicate (i.e. aPredicate which has two Arguments): its first Argument is the Subject NPJohn, and its second Argument is the Object S-bar [that Mary was innocent].
  3. (logic) A term of astatement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by thevalues of the statement'svariables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
    A propositional variable may be treated as a nullarypredicate.
    Apredicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.
  4. (computing) Anoperator orfunction that returns either true or false.
Translations
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grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject
logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false
computing: an operator or function that returns either true or false

Adjective

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predicate (comparativemorepredicate,superlativemostpredicate)

  1. (grammar) Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
  2. Predicated,stated.
  3. (law) Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
Derived terms
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Translations
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grammar: of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause
predicated, stated—seepredicated,‎stated
law: relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated

Etymology 2

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FromLatinpraedicātus,perfectpassiveparticiple ofpraedicō(“to publish, declare, proclaim”) (see-ate(verb-forming suffix)), further fromprae-(“before”) +dicō(“to proclaim, dedicate”), related todīcō(“to say, tell”).Doublet ofpreach.

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Verb

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predicate (third-person singular simple presentpredicates,present participlepredicating,simple past and past participlepredicated)

  1. (transitive) Toannounce,assert, orproclaimpublicly.
  2. (transitive) Toassume orsuppose; toinfer.
  3. (transitive, originally US) tobase (on); to assert on the grounds of.
    • 1978, Michel Foucault,The Will to Knowledge, trans. Robert Hurley (Penguin 1998, page 81):
      The law is what constitutes both desire and the lack on which it ispredicated.
  4. (transitive, grammar) Tomake aterm (orexpression) thepredicate of astatement.
  5. (transitive, logic) Toassert orstate as anattribute orquality of something.
    • 1911,Encyclopedia Britannica,Conceptualism
      This quality becomes real as a mental concept when it ispredicated of all the objects possessing it (“quod de pluribus natum est praedicari”).
Translations
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to announce or assert publicly
to assume or suppose; to infer
to base on, to assert on the grounds of
to make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement
logic: to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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predicate

  1. adverbial present passive participle ofpredicar

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Verb

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predicate

  1. inflection ofpredicare:
    1. second-personpluralpresentindicative
    2. second-personpluralimperative

Etymology 2

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Participle

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predicate f pl

  1. feminineplural ofpredicato

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Spanish

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Verb

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predicate

  1. second-personsingular voseoimperative ofpredicar combined withte
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