Predicate Synonyms

prĕdĭ-kāt
To provide a basis for
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. base
  2. build
  3. establish
  4. found
  5. ground
  6. rest
  7. root
  8. underpin
One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. verb
  2. verbal phrase
  3. part-of-speech
  4. verb-phrase
  5. word
Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. assert
  2. declare
  3. proclaim
  4. affirm
  5. aver
  6. state
  7. connote
  8. base
  9. establish
  10. signify
  11. imply
  12. profess
  13. rest

Words Related to Predicate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Predicate Sentence Examples

  • Accordingly, when he said that a substance is a subject, he meant a real subject; and when he said that a universal species or genus is a predicate, he meant that it is a real predicate belonging to a real subject, which is always some individual substance of the kind.

  • However many statements cannot be modeled using predicate logic.

  • Usually we leave the predicate indefinite, because, as long as the thing in question is (or is not) determined, it does not matter about other things, and it is vain for us to try to think all things at once.

  • We discard the conception of the universal as a predicate applicable to a plurality, or even to all, of the members of a group. To know merely KaTa 7ravros is not to know, save accidentally.

  • In calling them Aryas we predicate nothing of them except that the grammar of their language is Aryan" (p. 245).

More Sentences