EGAVE

predicate

About 4.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
  2. noun A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
    A propositional variable may be treated as a nullary predicate.
  3. noun An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
  4. adjective Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
  5. adjective Predicated, stated.
  6. adjective Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
  7. verb To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
  8. verb To assume or suppose; to infer.

Similar words

verb phrase connote proclaim determinative defining deterministic concomitant determinant instrumental original

Often followed by

of is in calculus logic and to for adjective

Word family

predicated predicates predicating predicative predicatively

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