Definitions
verb
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
“solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well”
noun
one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
verb
affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
“The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President”
noun
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”
verb
make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
“The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'”
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