predicate

Meanings

Noun

• The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
• 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.
• An operator or function that returns either true or false.

Adjective

• Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
• Predicated, stated.
• Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.

Verb

• To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
• To assume or suppose; to infer.
• to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
• To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
• To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.

Origin

• From Middle French predicat (French prédicat), from post-classical Late Latin praedicātum, a noun use of the neuter past participle of praedicō, as Etymology 2, below.
• From Latin praedicātus, perfect passive participle of praedicō, from prae + dicō, related to dīcō. preach.