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    Predicate

    Definitions

    1 | verb | make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition 2 | verb | affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of 3 | verb | involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic 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 5 | noun | one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements (5 meanings)

    Pronunciation

    pr'eduhk, eyt (IPA: prˈɛdəkˌeɪt)

    Hyphenation

    pred-i-cate (9 letters | 3 syllables)

    First known use in English

    1532 (European Renaissance) (493 years ago)

    Word origin

    Latin

    Word frequency history

    Inflected forms

    predicated | predicating | predicates

    Synonyms

    proclaim | connote | verb phrase

    Narrower terms

    copula

    Broader terms

    interrelate | relate | assert | asseverate | maintain | imply | term | phrase (total: 8)

    Rhymes

    dedicate | rededicate (based on typical American pronunciation)

    Lexically close words

    eradicate | predicable | predicative

    Anagrams

    (none among common words)

    Phrase

    predicate calculus

    Translations

    Spanish: | predicado (linguistics) French: | prédicat (linguistics) Portuguese: | predicado (linguistics) German: | Prädikat (linguistics) Japanese: | 述語 (common noun) | 述部 (common noun)

    Other notable uses

    predicate.com | predicate.org | predicate.biz

    Crossword puzzle clues

    (none)

    Scrabble score

    14 (International English) | 14 (North American English)

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