Look up: Predicate

1. predicate
   A logical expression which evaluates to TRUE or FALSE, normally to direct the execution path in code.
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2. predicate
   [n] - (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition 2. [n] - one of the two main constituents of a sentence 3. [v] - make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition 4. [v] - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
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3. Predicate
   The predicate is all that is written or said in a sentence or clause about its grammatical subject, e.g. The young choir boy [subject] sang every song in the book [predicate].…
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4. predicate
   traditional and modern grammars often divide sentences so that constituents other than the subject are considered together to form the predicate (e.g. John ( subject ) kicked the ball ( predicate )).
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5. Predicate
   The predicate is that part of a sentence which is not the subject but which gives information about the subject. So, in the sentence Clare went to school, 'Clare' is the subject and 'went to school' is the predicate.
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6. predicate
   that part of a proposition that makes an assertion,a statement(e.g.,states a relation or attribute)about individuals Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • a reduction in the state`s for initiating a prosecution seems undesirable.....--In logic, that which is ...
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7. Predicate
   Pred'i·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predicated ; present participle & verbal noun Predicating .] [ Latin praedicatus , past participle of praedicare to...
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8. Predicate
   Pred'i·cate intransitive verb To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale.
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9. Predicate
   Pred'i·cate noun [ Latin praedicatum , neut. of praedicatus , past participle praedicare : confer French prédicat . See Predicate , transitive verb ] 1. (Logic) That which is ...
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10. Predicate
    Pred'i·cate adjective [ Latin praedicatus , past participle ] Predicated.
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11. predicate
    verb phrase noun one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
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12. Predicate
    • (v. t.) To found; to base. • (v. t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. • (a.) Predicated. • (v. t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject. • (v. t.) That which ...
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13. predicate
    (from the article `metaphysics`) ...can say that there are such things as individual horses, but one can also say that there is such a thing as being a horse, or as being upside ... ...one with two categorical propositions as premises and one categorical proposition as conclusion. When arguments of this type have exactly three ... .....
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14. predicate
    predicate 1. The statement made about a subject, including the logical copula (which in a verb is expressed by the personal suffix). Sometimes restricted to the main verb and its object or complement, to the exclusion of any adjunct. Also in logic and math; frequently in a wider use, an assertion or...
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15. Predicate
    The four traditional kinds of categorical propositions (see Logic, formal, § 4) are: all S is P, no S is P, some S is P, some S is not P. In each of these the concept denoted by S is the subject and that denoted by P is the predicate. Hilbert and Ackermann use the word predicate for a propositional function of one or more variables, Carnap us...
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16. predicate
    Traditionally, one of the two main parts of a sentence or clause, the other being the subject. In the sentence `The chicken crossed the road`, `the chicken` is the subject and `crossed the road` is the predicate. In the sentence `Parents make their children happy`, `parents` is the subject and `...
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17. Predicate
    (grammar) In traditional grammar, a `predicate` is one of the two main parts of a sentence, the other being the subject. The predicate is said to modify the subject. For the simple sentence "The apple is red," The apple acts as the subject, and is red acts as th...
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