predicate
What follows subjects
A predicate is what is said about the subject of a sentence—the verb and everything that follows it.
In The dog bit the mailman, "bit the mailman" is the predicate.
In logic, a predicate is a property or relation asserted of a subject.
To predicate something is to base it on a condition: The plan was predicated on getting funding by March.
As an adjective, predicate describes grammatical elements: predicate nominative, predicate adjective.
Matter under discussion
- verbAction-expressing word
- objectTangible entity or aim
- clauseProvision in agreement
- complementWhat makes complete
sentence · syntax · phrase · modifier · adjective · adverb · tense · aspect
Statement of ownership or truth
maintain · contend · proclaim · allege · posit · aver · pronounce · insist
Foundation for logical argument
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
deduction · syllogism · validity · proof · reasoning · hypothesis · postulate · axiom
Study of existence's nature
- substancePhysical material with mass
- attributeQuality assigned to something
- essenceFundamental nature of something
- categoryA class of things
universal · particular · property · relation · accident · metaphysics · Aristotle · Frege
Quality assigned to something
- qualityStandard or attribute
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- traitDistinguishing personal quality
condition · aspect · nature · element · constituent · facet · dimension · specification
subject
Matter under discussion
complement · sentence · syntax · phrase · modifier · adjective · adverb · tense · aspect · agreement
claim
Statement of ownership or truth
affirm · maintain · contend · proclaim · allege · posit · aver · pronounce · insist · hold
premise
Foundation for logical argument
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- conclusionEnd or deduction
inference · deduction · syllogism · validity · proof · reasoning · hypothesis · postulate · axiom · conditional
ontology
Study of existence's nature
- substancePhysical material with mass
- attributeQuality assigned to something
- essenceFundamental nature of something
category · universal · particular · property · relation · accident · metaphysics · Aristotle · Frege · abstraction
attribute
Quality assigned to something
- qualityStandard or attribute
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
trait · condition · aspect · nature · element · constituent · facet · dimension · specification · qualification
- philosophy termstruth, reason, knowledge, wisdom, logic
- syntax elementsstatement, expression, clause, declaration, definition
- languagelanguage, word, words, grammar, spelling
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
- grammar termsnoun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun
- logicpremise, premises, conclusion, conclusions, inference
predicatesubject
Matter under discussion
noun phrase · topic · agent · theme · actor