predicates

/หˆpษนษ›dษชkษ™ts/

IPA: /P R EH1 D AH0 K EY0 T S/

noun
  1. 1

    (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence.

    โ€œIn "The dog barked very loudly", the subject is "the dog" and the predicate is "barked very loudly".โ€

  2. 2

    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.

    โ€œA nullary predicate is a proposition.โ€

  3. 3

    An operator or function that returns either true or false.

verb
  1. 1

    To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.

  2. 2

    To assume or suppose; to infer.

  3. 3

    (originally United States) to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.

  4. 4

    (grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.

  5. 5

    To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/predicate, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/predicates