predicate

noun

/ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/UK/ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/US/ˈpɹɛdɪˌkeɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

derived from praedicātum — “thing said of a subject, predicate”
derived from predicat
inherited from predicat

Definitions

The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is…
The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
2
A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the…
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.
- A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.
3
An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
- Predicates are usually found in a query's WHERE or HAVING clauses, though they can be located elsewhere (e.g. in CASE expressions).
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1. Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
2. Predicated, stated.
3. Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for…
  Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
4. To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
5. 8
  To assume or suppose
  To assume or suppose; to infer.
  - There was a character about Madame Defarge, from which one might have predicated that she did not often make mistakes against herself in any of the reckonings over which she presided.
  - Of anyone else it would have been said that she was finding the afternoon rather dreary in the vast halls not of her forefathers: but of Miss Power it was unsafe to predicate so surely.
6. 9
  To base (on)
  To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
  - The law is what constitutes both desire and the lack on which it is predicated.
7. To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
8. 11
  To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
  - 1911, Encyclopedia Britannica, Conceptualism This quality becomes real as a mental concept when it is predicated of all the objects possessing it (“quod de pluribus natum est praedicari”).

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Derived

nonpredicate, predicative, subpredicate, superpredicate, compound predicate word, monadic predicate logic, nominal predicative, predicatable, predicate adjective, predicate calculus, predicate logic, predicate noun, predicative adjective, predicatively, predicator, unpredicated

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at predicate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at predicate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at predicate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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