present participle of predicate

(transitive) To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly. / (transitive) To assume or suppose; to infer. / (transitive, originally US) to base (on); to assert on the grounds of.

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.

(grammar) Of or related to the predicate of a sentence or clause. / Predicated, stated.

plural of predicative

A proclamation, announcement or preaching. / An assertion or affirmation. / (logic) The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.

(grammar, of an adjectival or nominal phrase) Modifying a noun while in a predicate phrase, which predicate phrase is other than the noun phrase and occurs after a verb, as a predicate; contrasted with attributive.

Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.

(grammar) An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival.