Definition of predicate. Meaning of predicate. Synonyms of predicate

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word predicate. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word predicate and, of course, predicate synonyms and on the right images related to the word predicate.

Definition of predicate

Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicating.] [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach.] 1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow. 2. To found; to base. [U.S.] Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. ``Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only.' --Cudworth.
Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, v. i. To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. --Sir M. Hale.
Predicate
Predicate Pred"i*cate, a. [L. praedicatus, p. p.] Predicated.

Meaning of predicate from wikipedia

- predicate or predication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Predicate or predication may refer to: Predicate (grammar), in linguistics Predication (philosophy)...
- The term predicate is used in two ways in linguistics and its subfields. The first defines a predicate as everything in a standard declarative sentence...
- First-order logic—also known as predicate logic, quantificational logic, and first-order predicate calculus—is a collection of formal systems used in mathematics...
- In the criminal law of the United States, a predicate crime or offense is a crime which is a component of a larger crime. The larger crime may be racketeering...
- functional predicate, or function symbol, is a logical symbol that may be applied to an object term to produce another object term. Functional predicates are...
- In logic, a predicate is a symbol that represents a property or a relation. For instance, in the first-order formula P(a){\displaystyle P(a)}, the symbol...
- Look up predicable in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Predicable (Lat. praedicabilis, that which may be stated or affirmed, sometimes called quinque...
- machine instructions. Predication works by having conditional (predicated) non-branch instructions ****ociated with a predicate, a Boolean value used by...
- In computer programming, an opaque predicate is a predicate, an expression that evaluates to either "true" or "false", for which the outcome is known by...
- corresponding predicate transformer: a total function between two predicates on the state space of the statement. In this sense, predicate transformer semantics...