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Words with a similar base: predicate

'predicate'

[predicate.n.01] as in: (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

Examples:
`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates

'predicate'

[predicate.n.02] as in: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

'predicate'

[predicate.v.01] as in: make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition

Examples:
The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'

'predicate'

[predicate.v.02] as in: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

Examples:
The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President

'predicate'

[connote.v.02] as in: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic

Examples:
solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well

Origins

					predicate (English)
├── praedicatus (Latin)
└── predicate (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))