predicate

VERBNOUN /prɛdɪkət/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH P

predicate is a valid 9-letter word worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
P3R1E1D2I1C3A1T1E1
3 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =14 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 28TRIPLE WORD → 42
MEANING

What does predicate mean?

VERB · 3 SENSES
1

Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic.

“solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well”

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2

Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of.

“The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President”

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3

Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition.

“The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'”

NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements.

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2

(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula.

“`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates”

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