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| predicate | |
| 1. n. (grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence. |  |
| In "The dog barked very loudly", the subject is "the dog" and the predicate is "barked very loudly". | |
| 2. n. (logic) 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 (predic | |
| A nullary predicate is a proposition. | |
| A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable. | |
| 3. n. (computing) An operator or function that returns either true or false. | |
| 4. adj. (grammar) Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause. | |
| 5. adj. Predicated, stated. | |
| 6. adj. (law) Relating to or being any of a series of criminal acts upon which prosecution for racketeering may be predicated. | |
| 7. v. To proclaim, to announce or assert publicly. | |
| 8. v. (transitive, logic) To state, assert as an attribute or quality of something. | |
| 9. v. To suppose, assume; to infer. | |
| 10. v. (transitive, originally US) To base (on); to assert on the grounds of. | |
| 11. v. To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement. | |
