English-Thai Dictionary

predicate

N ภาคแสดง  verb verbal phrase pak-sa-dang

 

predicate

VT มี นัยว่า  state signify me-nai-wa

 

predicate

VT ิ ตั้ง บน พื้นฐาน (ความคิด  tang-bon-puan-tan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREDICATE

v.t.[L. proedico; proe and dico, to say. ] To affirm one thing of another; as, to predicate whiteness of snow. Reason may be predicated of man.

 

PREDICATE

v.i.To affirm; to comprise an affirmation.

 

PREDICATE

n.In logic, that which, in a proposition, is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "paper is white. " "ink is not white, " whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper, and denied of ink.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREDICATE

Pred "i *cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicated; p. pr. & vb. n.Predicating.] Etym: [L. praedicatus, p. p. of praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim. See Preach. ]

 

1. To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another ); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.

 

2. To found; to base. [U.S.]

 

Note: Predicate is sometimes used in the United States for found or base; as, to predicate an argument on certain principles; to predicate a statement on information received. Predicate is a term in logic, and used only in a single case, namely, when we affirm one thing of another. "Similitude is not predicated of essences or substances, but of figures and qualities only. " Cudworth.

 

PREDICATE

PREDICATE Pred "i *cate, v. i.

 

Defn: To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation. Sir M. Hale.

 

PREDICATE

Pred "i *cate, n. Etym: [L. praedicatum, neut. of praedicatus, p. p.praedicare: cf. F. prédicat. See Predicate, v. t.]

 

1. (Logic )

 

Defn: That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white, " "Ink is not white, " whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.

 

2. (Gram. )

 

Defn: The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.

 

Syn. -- Affirmation; declaration.

 

PREDICATE

Pred "i *cate, a. Etym: [L. praedicatus, p. p.]

 

Defn: Predicated.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

predicate

pred i cate ▶noun |ˈpredikət ˈprɛdəkət |Grammar the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g., went home in John went home ): [ as modifier ] : predicate adjective. • Logic something that is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition. ▶verb |ˈpredəˌkāt ˈprɛdəˌkeɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 Grammar & Logic state, affirm, or assert (something ) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of proposition: a word that predicates something about its subject | aggression is predicated of those who act aggressively. 2 (predicate something on /upon ) found or base something on: the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated. DERIVATIVES pred i ca tion |ˌpredəˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Latin praedicatum ‘something declared, ’ neuter of praedicatus ‘declared, proclaimed, ’ past participle of the verb praedicare, from prae ‘beforehand ’ + dicare ‘make known. ’

 

predicate calculus

pred i cate cal cu lus |ˈpredəkət ˌprɛdəˌkeɪt ˈkælkjələs | ▶noun the branch of symbolic logic that deals with propositions containing predicates, names, and quantifiers.

 

predicate nominative

pred i cate nom i na tive ▶noun Grammar a word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb, such as son in the sentence Charlie is my son .

 

Oxford Dictionary

predicate

predi |cate ▶noun |ˈprɛdɪkət | 1 Grammar the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject (e.g. went home in John went home ). 2 Logic something which is affirmed or denied concerning an argument of a proposition. ▶verb |ˈprɛdɪkeɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 Grammar & Logic state, affirm, or assert (something ) about the subject of a sentence or an argument of a proposition: a word which predicates something about its subject | aggression is predicated of those who act aggressively. • declare or affirm (something ) as true or existing; postulate or assert. 2 (predicate something on /upon ) found or base something on: the theory of structure on which later chemistry was predicated. DERIVATIVES predication |-ˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late Middle English (as a noun ): from Latin praedicatum ‘something declared ’, neuter of praedicatus ‘declared, proclaimed ’, past participle of the verb praedicare, from prae ‘beforehand ’ + dicare ‘make known ’.

 

predicate calculus

predi |cate cal ¦cu |lus ▶noun [ mass noun ] the branch of symbolic logic that deals with propositions containing predicates, names, and quantifiers.

 

predicate nominative

pred i cate nom i na tive ▶noun Grammar a word in the nominative case that completes a copulative verb, such as son in the sentence Charlie is my son .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

predicate

predicate verb expansion of the group is predicated on further research: base, be dependent, found, establish, rest, ground, premise.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

predicate

predicate verb all the social sciences are predicated on the notion that individuals are not isolated: base, be dependent, found, establish, rest, build, ground, premise.

 

French Dictionary

prédicateur

prédicateur , trice n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Personne qui prêche la parole de Dieu.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

predicate

pred i cate /prédɪkət / (! -cateは /kət /) 名詞 C 〘文法 〙述語, 述部 .動詞 /prédɪkèɪt /他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〖通例be ～d 〗 «…の根拠 理由に » 基づく «on , upon » .2 〖～ that節 〗…であると断定する .