Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) predicate ((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"
S: (n) predicate, verb phrase (one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements)
Verb
S: (v) predicate (make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition) "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"
S: (v) predicate, proclaim (affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of) "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"
S: (v) connote, predicate (involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic) "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"