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predicate   (TTS Sound)

The noun predicate has 2 senses

• predicate -- ((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")


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

The verb predicate has 3 senses

• predicate -- (make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'")


• predicate, proclaim -- (affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President")


• connote, predicate -- (involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well")