predicate lietuviškai

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

• (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 "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"
• one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
• involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"
• affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
• make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"