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predicate(2)(dictionary)
predicate calculus(encyclopedia)
predicate 1, noun(dictionary)
predicate 2, verb(dictionary)

predicate(1) (iou)



predicate noun. Formerly also in Latin form predicatum. LME.
[Late Latin praedicatum (translation of Greek kategoreuomenon) neut. of praedicatus pa. pple of praedicare: see PREDICATE verb, -ATE1.]
Logic. What is affirmed or denied of the subject of a proposition by means of the copula (e.g. my father in this man is my father). LME.
b. A quality, an attribute. rare. L15.
Grammar. The part of a sentence or clause containing what is said about a subject, including the logical copula (e.g. went home in John went home yesterday), but sometimes excluding any adjunct (yesterday in this example). M17.
W. V. Quine 'Is true' and 'is false'..are predicates by means of which we speak about statements.
b. Math. & Logic. An assertion or relation in the absence of any specified term or terms (e.g. is greater than); a propositional function. M20.
A personal appellation or title that asserts something. L19.
In a German or other foreign university: the judgement pronounced upon a candidate's work in an examination; the class obtained by a candidate. L19.
Comb.: predicate calculus the branch of symbolic logic that deals with propositions containing arguments and quantifiers; also called functional calculus.