predicate
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Predicate the portion of a sentence that provides the description or characterization of an object or name.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
If simply convertible, the two must be coextensive, and the Predicate must be either a Proprium or the Definition.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
It may then be classed with Prepositions and Conjunctions; its office of Connection being still peculiar, however, namely, to intervene between the Subject and the Predicate.
From Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
They are sometimes criticised as such, and it is rightly pointed out that the Predicate is never a species of or with reference to the Subject.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
It may be that the Predicate is solely a predicate of time.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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