predicate > define

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. (
  • usage: "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
• One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.
  • synonyms: verb phrase

verb

• Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition.
  • usage: "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
• Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of.
  • usage: "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
  • synonyms: proclaim
• Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.
  • usage: "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
  • synonyms: connote

• (v.t.) To found; to base.
• (v.t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
• (a.) Predicated.
• (v.t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
• (v.t.) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.
• (v.i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.