predicate

verbassert
verbimply

Synonyms for predicate

verb assert

Antonyms for predicate

deny

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., a term in logic, from Middle French predicat and directly from Medieval Latin predicatum, from Latin praedicatum "that which is said of the subject," noun use of neuter past participle of praedicare "assert, proclaim, declare publicly," from prae- "forth, before" (see pre-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Grammatical sense is from 1630s. Related: Predicative; predicator; predicatory.

Example Sentences for predicate

The train of consequences which follows, is inferred by altering the predicate into 'not many.'

Of all such actions we predicate not courage, but a name indicative of order.

A verb should agree in number with its subject, and not with its predicate.

In 'the matter seems clear,' 'clear' is part of the predicate of 'matter.'

A long subject is often separated from the predicate by a comma.

Where there is no danger of obscurity, the subject must not be separated from the predicate by any point.

Are we therefore to predicate original depravity of man's body?

For all that is predicated of the predicate will be predicated also of the subject.

In reality the essence of which we predicate these attributes is one and simple.

All thought must have an object, and every object must have some predicate.

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Synonyms for predicate

Antonyms for predicate

affirmed

affirming

affirms

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asserted

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Antonyms for predicate

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