单词 | predicate |
释义 | predicate v. & n. --vtr.   1. assert or affirm as true or existent.   2. (foll. by on) found or base (a statement etc.) on. --n   1. Gram. what is said about the subject of a sentence etc. (e.g. went home in John went home).   2. Logic a what is predicated. b what is affirmed or denied of the subject by means of the copula (e.g. mortal in all men are mortal). Derivatives predication n. Etymology: L praedicare praedicat- proclaim (as PRAE-, dicare declare) |
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