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Meaning of predicate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  predicate
      n 1: (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"
      2: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate
         contains the verb and its complements [syn: {predicate},
         {verb phrase}]
      v 1: make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The
           predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the
           sentence `Fido is a dog'"
      2: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech
         predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
         [syn: {predicate}, {proclaim}]
      3: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic;
         "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
         [syn: {connote}, {predicate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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