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| 1. | [ verb ] (logic) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | |
| Synonyms: | connote | |
| Examples: | "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" |
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| Related terms: | imply postulation | |
| 2. | [ verb ] affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | |
| Synonyms: | proclaim | |
| Examples: | "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" |
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| Related terms: | assert postulation | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (grammar) of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence | |
| Synonyms: | predicative | |
| Examples: | "`red' is a predicative adjective in `the apple is red'" |
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| Related terms: | attributive grammar | |
| 4. | [ 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 | |
| Examples: | "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates" |
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| Related terms: | term logic | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (grammar) make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition | |
| Examples: | "The predicate 'dog' is predicated of the subject 'Fido' in the sentence 'Fido is a dog'" |
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| Related terms: | relate verb_phrase | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (linguistics) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements | |
| Synonyms: | verb_phrase | |
| Related terms: | phrase | |
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predicative predicted predict predicable predicator predicament predication productive predecease predictive product produce predigested predictable producer produced productively predigest predictor prediction predaceous product_line production predispose predecessor predictably Pratico |
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