predicate

[US]/'predɪkət/

[UK]/'prɛdɪkət/

Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to assert or declare
n. the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject

subject-predicate

predicate adjective

predicate nominative

complete predicate

simple predicate

(grammatical) predicate

predicate logic

predicate verb

predicate calculus

We predicate rationality of man.

invert the subject and predicate of a sentence.

We predicate of the motive that it is good. (=We predicate the motive to be good.)

The sermon predicated the perfectibility of humankind.

aggression is predicated of those who act aggressively.

Most religions predicate life after death.

He predicates his argument on the facts.

a word which predicates something about its subject.

This paper investigates a subtype of resultative predicate marked by the verbal particle-can in Cantonese and associated with adversative meaning.

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