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predicate en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/ (US)
• /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
2. Predicated, stated.
3. Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.

Forms

Deriveds

monadic predicate logic · predicate logic · predicate calculus · predicatively · predicate adjective · nonpredicate · nominal predicative · predicate noun · predicative adjective · predicatable · compound predicate word

Translations (4)

uk при́судок (grammar: of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause) · ta பயனிலை (grammar: of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause) · bg сказу́емен (grammar: of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause) · hu állítmányi (grammar: of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause)

predicate en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/ (US)
• /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

1. The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
   • In the light of this observation, consider Number Agreement in a sentence like: (120) They seem to me [_S — to be fools/^✽a fool] Here, the Predicate Nominal fools agrees with the italicised NP they, 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 NP MOVEMENT analysis of seem structures, sentences like (120) pose no problem; if we suppose that they originates in the — position as the subordinate Clause Subject, then we can say that the Predicate Nominal agrees with the underlying Subject of its Clause. How does they get from its underlying position as subordinate Clause Subject to its superficial position as main Clause Subject? By NP MOVEMENT, of course! 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 8, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 438:
   • Thus, in (121) (a) persuade is clearly a three-place Predicate — that is, a Predicate which takes three Arguments: the first of these Arguments is the Subject NP John, the second is the Primary Object NP Mary, and the third is the Secondary Object S-bar [that she should resign]. By contrast, believe in (121) (b) is clearly a two-place Predicate (i.e. a Predicate which has two Arguments): its first Argument is the Subject NP John, and its second Argument is the Object S-bar [that Mary was innocent]. 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 6, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 323:
2. 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.
   • A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.
   • A propositional variable may be treated as a nullary predicate.
3. An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
   • Predicates are usually found in a query's WHERE or HAVING clauses, though they can be located elsewhere (e.g. in CASE expressions). 2000, Ken Henderson, The Guru's Guide to Transact-SQL, Addison-Wesley Professional, →ISBN, page 128:

Forms

Coordinates

subject

Deriveds

predicative · subpredicate · nonpredicate · superpredicate

Translations (127)

sl povedek (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · cs predikát (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · ota خبر (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · nl gezegde (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · el κατηγόρημα (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fa-ira گُزارِه (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · bg сказу́емо (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sh при́рок (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · he נָשׂוּא (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ia predicato (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ru утвержде́ние (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · be выка́знік (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fa-ira مَحْمول (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · bn বিধেয় (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · hu régens (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ga faisnéis (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · es predicado (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · el κατηγόρημα (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · ja 述語 (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · bg предика́т (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · de Satzaussage (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sv predikat (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · fa-ira خَبَر (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sq kallëzues (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · gl predicado (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · fi predikaattifunktio (computing: an operator or function that returns either true or false) · mn өгүүлэхүүн (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · eo predikato (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · es predicado (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · bg предика́т (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · de Prädikat (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · is umsagnarliður (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · de Prädikat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ko 술어 (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · vi vị ngữ (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · vi thuộc từ (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ro predicat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ar خَبَر (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · pl predykat (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · ru предика́т (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · nb predikat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sh предѝка̄т (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · th กริยา (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · bua хэлэгшэ (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · lo ກິລິຍາ (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · da prædikat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · is umsögn (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · mk при́рок (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · et öeldis (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ka შემასმენელი (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · it predicato (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · my ဝါစက (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · nl predicaat (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · hu állítmány (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sh predìkāt (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · alt айдылаачы (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ug خەۋەر (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · pt predicado (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · tl panaguri (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · kk баяндауыш (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · he פרדיקט (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · pl funkcja zdaniowa (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · is umsagnarökfræði (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · yi פּרעדיקאַט (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · pl orzeczenie (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · be прэдыка́т (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ca predicat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fi predikaatti (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · io predikato (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · yi פּרעדיקאַט (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · uk предика́т (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · ka პრედიკატი (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · he פדיקט (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · sk prísudok (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sv predikat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sh предѝка̄т (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · ro predicat (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · cmn 述語 /述语 (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ru предика́т (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · yue 謂語 /谓语 (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · mi paparangi (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · hu predikátum (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sk predikát (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · ms predikat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · uk прису́док (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · pl predykat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fi maine (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · hy ստորոգյալ (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · pt predicado (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · lt tarinys (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fa-ira مَسْنَد (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ru сказу́емое (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · km វិកតិកម្ម (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · cs přísudek (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · eo predikato (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · uz kesim (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · nl predicaat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · xal келгч (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · mn ᠥᠭᠦᠯᠡᠬᠦᠨ (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · gl predicado (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ur مسند (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fr prédicat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sh predìkāt (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · bg твърде́ние (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · tr yüklem (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · sh prírok (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · ta பயனிலை (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · la praedicātum (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · tg хабар (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fr prédicat (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · hu állítás (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · hu predikátum (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · uk предика́т (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · yue 述語 /述语 (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · la attribūtum (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · th ภาคแสดง (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · cy traethiad (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · uk тве́рдження (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · ky баяндооч (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fi predikaattiosa (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · fi predikaatti (logic: a term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false) · lv izteicējs (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · id predikat (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · tg предикат (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · hi विधेय (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · az xəbər (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject) · cmn 謂語 /谓语 (grammar: part of sentence that states something about its subject)

wikidata: Q179080

predicate en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɹɛdɪˌkeɪt/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin praedicātus, perfect passive participle of praedicō (“to publish, declare, proclaim”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from prae- (“before”) + dicō (“to proclaim, dedicate”), related to dīcō (“to say, tell”). Doublet of preach.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
2. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
   • Of anyone else it would have been said that she was finding the afternoon rather dreary in the vast halls not of her forefathers: but of Miss Power it was unsafe to predicate so surely. 1880–1881, Thomas Hardy, chapter II, in A Laodicean; or, The Castle of the De Stancys. A Story of To-day. […], volume II, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, […], published 1881, →OCLC, book the third (De Stancy), page 59:
   • There was a character about Madame Defarge, from which one might have predicated that she did not often make mistakes against herself in any of the reckonings over which she presided. 1859, Charles Dickens, “The Wine-shop”, in A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book I (Recalled to Life), page 21:
3. (transitive) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
   • Cryptocurrencies, after all, are in many cases not so much currencies as speculative thingamabobs — digital tokens whose value is predicated largely on the idea that someone will take them off your hands at a higher price than it cost you to acquire them. 2022 February 2, Jody Rosen, “Why Is Matt Damon Shilling for Crypto?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • The law is what constitutes both desire and the lack on which it is predicated. 1978, Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge, trans. Robert Hurley (Penguin 1998, page 81)
4. (transitive) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
5. (transitive) To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
   • 1911, Encyclopedia Britannica, Conceptualism This quality becomes real as a mental concept when it is predicated of all the objects possessing it (“quod de pluribus natum est praedicari”).

Forms

Deriveds

subpredicate · predicator · superpredicate · unpredicated

Translations (34)

fi olettaa (to assume or suppose; to infer) · pt pregar (to announce or assert publicly) · gl predicar (to announce or assert publicly) · hu állít (to announce or assert publicly) · fi väittää (logic: to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) · pt predicar (logic: to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) · es predicar (to announce or assert publicly) · bg твърдя (logic: to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) · fi vakuuttaa (to announce or assert publicly) · fi ilmoittaa (to announce or assert publicly) · hu kijelent (to announce or assert publicly) · hu alapoz (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) · is byggja á (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) · uk ґрунтувати (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) · pt supor (to assume or suppose; to infer) · sh obznaniti (to announce or assert publicly) · gl predicar (logic: to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) · uk стверджувати (logic: to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) · uk робити висновок (to assume or suppose; to infer) · ta அறிவி (to announce or assert publicly) · uk припускати (to assume or suppose; to infer) · uk базувати (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) · bg заключавам (to assume or suppose; to infer) · uk стверджувати (to announce or assert publicly) · pt predicar (to announce or assert publicly) · uk твердити (to announce or assert publicly) · uk твердити (logic: to assert or state as an attribute or quality of something) · pt basear-se em (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) · ta எண்ணு (to assume or suppose; to infer) · ro (a) predica (to announce or assert publicly) · sh predicirati (to announce or assert publicly) · is grundvalla á (to base on, to assert on the grounds of) · mi whakapaparangi (to make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement) · bg твърдя (to announce or assert publicly)