Sekirov Dictionary

predicate

/ˈpɹɛdɪˌkeɪt/

verb 5
/ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/ adjective 3
/ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/ noun 3
forms 5

verb5

To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.
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To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.
- The law is what constitutes both desire and the lack on which it is predicated. — 1978
To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.
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To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.
- This quality becomes real as a mental concept when it is predicated of all the objects possessing it (“quod de pluribus natum est praedicari”). — 1911
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To assume or suppose; to infer.
- There was a character about Madame Defarge, from which one might have predicated that she did not often make mistakes against herself in any of the reckonings over which she presided. — 1859

predicate

UK /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/US /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/

adjective3

Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause.
Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated.
Predicated, stated.

noun3

The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
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A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- A propositional variable may be treated as a nullary predicate.
- A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.
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An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
- Predicates are usually found in a query's WHERE or HAVING clauses, though they can be located elsewhere (e.g. in CASE expressions). — 2000

forms

predicated · predicating · predicates · more predicate · most predicate

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