predicate
/prɛdɪkət/
verbnoun
9 letters3 syllables14 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS5
VERB
1
Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.
“solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well”
2
Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of.
“The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President”
3
NOUNMake the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition.
“The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'”
1
One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.
2
(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula.
“`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates”
WORD FORMS
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®14 points
Words With Friends®16 points
Double word28 points
Triple word42 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinedicatepray
Starts & ends withP … E
Syllablespred · i · cate
SYNONYMS & RELATED6
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