PREDICATE

Definition of PREDICATE

  1. (noun)(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
  2. (noun)one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
  3. (verb)make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
  4. (verb)affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
  5. (verb)involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic