One of the two main parts of a sentence used as an expression that can be true of something.
To affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of.
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; in logic
affirm or declare
(grammar) of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence; "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'"
a phrase that functions as a verb
one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
(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"
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog'' is predicated of the subject `Fido'' in the sentence `Fido is a dog''"
(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
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
