predicates
Statements about subjects
Predicates function as the part of a sentence that says something about the subject—typically a verb and whatever follows it.
In The dog barked loudly, "barked loudly" is the predicate.
The verb predicate means to base something on a condition or assumption: The plan is predicated on continued funding.
In logic, a predicate is what's asserted about a subject—the property or relation being claimed.
Matter under discussion
- verbAction-expressing word
- clauseProvision in agreement
- objectTangible entity or aim
- complementWhat makes complete
sentence · syntax · phrase · modifier · noun · adjective · adverb · predication
Quality assigned to something
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- qualityStandard or attribute
- traitDistinguishing personal quality
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
aspect · condition · predication · ascription · description · category · classification · essential
Statement expressing a judgment
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- theoremDemonstrated logical conclusion
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
deduction · antecedent · consequent · quantifier · universal · particular · negation · implication
Expressed claim or fact
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- declarationFormal public announcement
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- propositionStatement expressing a judgment
contention · assumption · premise · basis · foundation · presupposition · stipulation · condition
subject
Matter under discussion
complement · sentence · syntax · phrase · modifier · noun · adjective · adverb · predication · copula
attribute
Quality assigned to something
- characteristicDistinguishing quality or trait
- qualityStandard or attribute
- traitDistinguishing personal quality
feature · aspect · condition · predication · ascription · description · category · classification · essential · accidental
proposition
Statement expressing a judgment
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
- theoremDemonstrated logical conclusion
- inferenceConclusion reached through reasoning
syllogism · deduction · antecedent · consequent · quantifier · universal · particular · negation · implication · truth value
statement
Expressed claim or fact
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- declarationFormal public announcement
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
proposition · contention · assumption · premise · basis · foundation · presupposition · stipulation · condition · contingency
- semanticsmeaning, denotation, sense, connotation, reference
- English grammarnouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns
- advanced grammarpassive voice, participles, gerunds, infinitives, dependent clauses
- grammardeclension, pronouns, adjectives, conjugation, nouns
- logicpremise, premises, conclusion, conclusions, inference
- discrete mathcombinatorics, graph theory, set theory, number theory, proofs
predicatessubjects
Areas of study
noun phrases · topics · agents · arguments · complements