PREDICATE

• (noun) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

  synonyms : verb phrase

• (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

  "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"

• (verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic

  "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

  synonyms : connote

• (verb) affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

  "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"

  synonyms : proclaim

• (verb) make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition

  "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"

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