Assertion: predicate's complement | /r/HasProperty | verb phrase
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text: predicate n 1: (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" 2: one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements [syn: {predicate}, {verb phrase}] v 1: make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'" 2: affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" [syn: {predicate}, {proclaim}] 3: involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" [syn: {connote}, {predicate}] 來源(9): Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thesaurus]