📖 WordNook

predicate

noun
  1. one of the two main constituents of a sentence
    “the predicate contains the verb and its complements”
    subject
  2. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition
    “the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula”
verb
  1. involve as a necessary condition of consequence
    connote
  2. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
    “The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President”
    proclaim
  3. make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
    “The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'”