/ˈpredɪkət/
N a part of a sentence containing a verb that makes a statement about the subject of the verb, such as went home in John went home.谓语
Noun:
- (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”
- One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements Verb:
- Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition “The predicate ‘dog’ is predicated of the subject ‘Fido’ in the sentence ‘Fido is a dog’”
- Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of “The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President”
- Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic “solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well” Derived: Noun predication predicator predicant Adjective predicative predicatory