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Predicate logo #10101) Assert 2) Hinge 3) Verb
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Predicate logo #10101) Basic concept in set theory 2) Clause part 3) Imply or connote 4) Mathematical logic 5) Term
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Predicate logo #21000[grammar] There are two competing notions of the predicate in theories of grammar. The first concerns traditional grammar, which tends to view a predicate as one of two main parts of a sentence, the other part being the subject; the purpose of the predicate is to complete an idea about the subject, such as what it does or what it is like. T...
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Predicate logo #21000[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 will vary from theory to theory. So, for example, w...
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Predicate logo #21002• (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 is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these pro...
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predicate logo #21003(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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predicate logo #22774PrologA procedure that can fail or succeed to achieve a goal. Success is finding an instance of a formula that is true and failure means failing to find such an instance. It is assumed that failing to find a solution is proof that the predicate is false. In fact the definition of the predicate may be incomplete or some infinite instance is needed t...
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predicate logo #22774logicA formula that may contain variables, that when evaluated should be either true or false.
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predicate logo #10444traditional 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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Predicate logo #20972Pred'i·cate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Predicated ; present participle & verbal noun Predicating .] [ Latin praedicatus , past participle of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach .]...
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Predicate logo #20492The 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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Predicate logo #23075that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition (i.e. how we describe the subject of a proposition). The predicate is one of the two main constituents of a sentence (the other being the subject), containing the verb and its complements.
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predicate logo #20400[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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predicate logo #21009predicate 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 relation having one or more terms unspecified. 2...
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Predicate logo #20815 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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predicate logo #20974verb phrase noun one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
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Predicate logo #21203The 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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predicate logo #21221Traditionally, 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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predicate logo #23665 the constituent of a sentence containing the verb
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predicate logo #23665[Lesser known words] involve as a necessary condition of consequence
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predicate logo #23665[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] the constituent of a sentence containing the verb
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