Predicate

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1. Verb

To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

2. Verb

To found; to base.

3. Verb

To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.

4. Verb

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.

5. Verb

The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

6. Adjective

Predicated.

7. 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"
Vocabulary classified under Mathematics

8. Noun

one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar
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