Origin of predicate
1400–50; (noun) late Middle English (< Middle French
predicat) < Medieval Latin
praedicātum, noun use of neuter of Latin
praedicātus, past participle of
praedicāre to declare publicly, assert, equivalent to
prae-
pre- +
dicā(re) to show,
indicate, make known +
-tus past participle suffix; (v. and adj.) < Latin
praedicātus; cf.
preach
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British Dictionary definitions for predicate
predicate
verb (ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt) (mainly tr)
noun (ˈprɛdɪkɪt)
grammar
- the part of a sentence in which something is asserted or denied of the subject of a sentence; one of the two major components of a sentence, the other being the subject
- (as modifier)a predicate adjective
logic
- an expression that is derived from a sentence by the deletion of a name
- a property, characteristic, or attribute that may be affirmed or denied of something. The categorial statement all men are mortal relates two predicates, is a man and is mortal
- the term of a categorial proposition that is affirmed or denied of its subject. In this example all men is the subject, and mortal is the predicate
- a function from individuals to truth values, the truth set of the function being the extension of the predicate
adjective (ˈprɛdɪkɪt)
of or relating to something that has been predicated
Derived forms of predicate
predication, nounWord Origin for predicate
C16: from Latin
praedicāre to assert publicly, from
prae in front, in public +
dīcere to say