DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
predicate
/'prɛdɪkət/ · prɛdɪkət
Predicate has 3 syllables: pred · i · cate.
pred
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i
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cate
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verb. Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.
noun. One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.
verb. Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of.
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.
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