| 单词 | predicate |
| 释义 | Word Frequency predicateverb (ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt) (mainly tr) 1. (also intr; when tr, may take a clause as object) to proclaim, declare, or affirm 2. to imply or connote 3. (foll by on or upon) to base or found (a proposition, argument, etc) 4. logic a. to assert or affirm (a property, characteristic, or condition) of the subject of a proposition b. to make (a term, expression, etc) the predicate of a proposition noun (ˈprɛdɪkɪt) 5. grammar a. the part of a sentence in which something is asserted or denied of the subject of a sentence; one of the two major components of a sentence, the other being the subject b. (as modifier) a predicate adjective 6. logic a. an expression that is derived from a sentence by the deletion of a name b. a property, characteristic, or attribute that may be affirmed or denied of something. The categorial statement all humans are mortal relates two predicates, is a human and is mortal c. the term of a categorial proposition that is affirmed or denied of its subject. Inthis example all humans is the subject, and mortal is the predicate d. a function from individuals to truth values, the truth set of the function being the extension of the predicate adjective (ˈprɛdɪkɪt) 7. of or relating to something that has been predicated Derived forms predication (ˌprediˈcation) noun Word origin C16: from Latin praedicāre to assert publicly, from prae in front, in public + dīcere to say |
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