noun🔗Share(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence."In "The dog barked very loudly", the subject is "the dog" and the predicate is "barked very loudly"."grammarlanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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 nullary predicate is a proposition."logicmathphilosophylanguagestatementgrammarwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAn operator or function that returns either true or false."In computer programming, predicates are often used to check if a number is even or odd, returning "true" for even numbers and "false" for odd ones. "logicmathcomputingtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo announce, assert, or proclaim publicly."The company president predicates that profits will double next year. "communicationlanguagestatementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo assume or suppose; to infer."Seeing muddy footprints inside, she predicates that someone entered the house without taking off their shoes. "philosophylogictheorymindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(originally United States) to base (on); to assert on the grounds of."The teacher predicates her decision to give extra homework on the students' poor performance on the last test. "languagestatementwordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(grammar) To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement."The teacher predicates the statement "All students must complete the homework" to clarify the rules. "grammarlinguisticslanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo assert or state as an attribute or quality of something."The teacher predicates success on hard work and consistent effort. "languagegrammarlinguisticsstatementphilosophylogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading