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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Predicated.
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicating.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach.]
To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
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To found; to base. [U.S.]
Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. ``Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only.''
--Cudworth.
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, v. i.
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
--Sir M. Hale.
Predicate \Pred"i*cate\, n. [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p. praedicare: cf. F. pr['e]dicat. See Predicate, v. t.]
(Logic) 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.
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(Gram.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
Syn: Affirmation; declaration.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., a term in logic, from Middle French predicat and directly from Medieval Latin predicatum, from Latin praedicatum "that which is said of the subject," noun use of neuter past participle of praedicare "assert, proclaim, declare publicly," from prae- "forth, before" (see pre-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Grammatical sense is from 1630s. Related: Predicative; predicator; predicatory.
1887, from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)).
1550s, back formation from predication, or else from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)). Related: Predicated; predicating. Phrase predicated on "founded on, based on," is American English, first recorded 1766.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context grammar English) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence. 2 (context logic English) 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 (context computing English) An operator or function that returns either true or false. Etymology 2
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To proclaim, to announce or assert publicly. 2 (context transitive logic English) To state, assert as an attribute or quality of something. 3 (context transitive English) To suppose, assume; to infer. 4 (context transitive originally US English) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of. 5 To make a term (or expression) the #Noun of a statement.
WordNet
n. (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; "`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 [syn: verb phrase]
v. make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "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; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: proclaim]
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [syn: connote]
Wikipedia
Predicate or predication may refer to:
- Branch predication (computer programming), a choice to execute or not to execute a given instruction based on the content of a machine register
- Predicate (grammar), a grammatical component of a sentence
- Syntactic predicate (in parser technology) guidelines the parser process
In mathematics, a predicate is commonly understood to be a Boolean-valued function P: X→ {true, false}, called the predicate on X. However, predicates have many different uses and interpretations in mathematics and logic, and their precise definition, meaning and use will vary from theory to theory. So, for example, when a theory defines the concept of a relation, then a predicate is simply the characteristic function or the indicator function of a relation. However, not all theories have relations, or are founded on set theory, and so one must be careful with the proper definition and semantic interpretation of a predicate.
There are two competing notions of the predicate in theories of grammar. The competition between these two concepts has generated confusion concerning the use of the term predicate in theories of grammar. This article considers both of these notions.
The first concerns traditional grammar, which tends to view a predicate as one of two main parts of a sentence, the other part being the subject; the purpose of the predicate is to complete an idea about the subject, such as what it does or what it is like.
The second notion was derived from work in predicate calculus ( predicate logic, first order logic) and is prominent in modern theories of syntax and grammar. In this approach, the predicate of a sentence mostly corresponds to the main verb and any auxiliaries that accompany the main verb; whereas the arguments of that predicate (e.g. the subject and object noun phrases) are outside the predicate.
Usage examples of "predicate".
And into the same error fall those who suppose two supposita or hypostases in Christ, since it is impossible to understand how, of two things distinct in suppositum or hypostasis, one can be properly predicated of the other: unless merely by a figurative expression, inasmuch as they are united in something, as if we were to say that Peter is John because they are somehow mutually joined together.
But, on the other hand, from the falsity of a proposition predicating a given term, we cannot infer the truth of the predication of any particular contrary term.
When different forms cannot come together in one suppositum, the proposition is necessarily in remote matter, the subject signifying one form and the predicate another.
There cannot be a greater and less in the non-existent: as we predicate Substance of everything in sense, but predicate it also of the Intellectual order and more strictly there--since we hold that the greater and more sovereign substantiality belongs to the Real Beings and that Being is more marked in Substance, even sensible Substance, than in the other Kinds--so, finding unity to exhibit degree of more and less, differing in sense-things as well as in the Intellectual, we must similarly admit that Unity exists under all forms though still by reference, only, to that primal Unity.
Immediate Inference by changing the quality of the given proposition and substituting for its predicate the contradictory term.
Hence they have certain names and predicates in common, and it frequently remains uncertain, especially as regards the theophanies in the Old Testament, whether it was a high angel that spoke, or the Son through the angel.
Many of these chains were predicated on the assumption that consumers responded to the convenience of the carryout, quick-service foods, rather than just to hamburgers.
Gotti had admitted sanctioning, the Castellano predicate would be greatly strengthened.
In the proposition, all the functions of language are led back to the three elements that alone are indispensable to the formation of a proposition: the subject, the predicate, and the link between them.
But when we have the songs, the five or six hundred of them, the operas and other vocal works, in which music is so lovely in and of itself, yet at the same time so descriptive, so loyal to the changing moods of the text, we necessarily interpret the instrumental music in the same light, especially when we know that there are no distinct periods in the short life of this composer concerning which different principles can be predicated.
But sins of thought, word, and deed are the subjective and not integral parts of sin, because sin is predicated of each one of them.
The rule book call would be for her to radio for backup, since the man in the leather coat, Luther Slyke, was a predicate felon, known to be dangerous and more than likely heavily armed.
While we only remember them for their misdeeds, the bizarre behaviors upon which their crimes are predicated constitute only a small fraction of their total behavior.
Its best answer is arrived at by reversing the predicate and the subject, and you at once form a contradictory maxim equally true, our vices are most frequently but virtues disguised.
Somewhat like adjectives, genitives can be used both attributively and as predicates.