Predicate

Quick meaning: Predicate is a noun meaning (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

Meaning

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

More Meanings

1. (programming) An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
2. (grammar) Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
3. Predicated, stated.
4. (law) Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
5. (transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
6. (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer.
7. (logic) 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.

Example Sentences

A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.

A propositional variable may be treated as a nullary predicate.

The law is what constitutes both desire and the lack on which it is predicated.

Predicates are usually found in a query's WHERE or HAVING clauses, though they can be located elsewhere (e.g. in CASE expressions).

Word Forms

• predicates
• predicating
• predicated

Synonyms for predicate

Depending on context, synonyms include proclaim, connote, predicative.

Antonyms for predicate

Common opposites include attributive, prenominal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include connote, proclaim, determinative, defining, deterministic, concomitant.

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