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predicate
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predicate
verb phrase noun one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=predicate
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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 ... Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/predicate/
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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 ... Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/107
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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... Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1744/6
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[grammar] There are two competing notions of the predicate in theories of grammar. Traditional grammar tends to view a predicate as one of two main parts of a sentence, the other being the subject, which the predicate modifies. The other understanding of predicates is inspired from work in p... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_(grammar)
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[mathematical logic] In mathematics, a predicate is commonly understood to be a boolean-valued function P: X→ {true, false}, called the predicate on X. However, predicates have many different uses and interpretations in mathematics and logic, and their precise definition, meaning and use w... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predicate_(mathematical_logic)
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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... Found op http://www.ditext.com/runes/p.html
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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 `... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0089389.html
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predicate
1) Term Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/predicate/1
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