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DictionaryRoot: dicare
Latin

dicare

declare or dedicate

Forms

  • dicare
  • dicat- — The form used for completed action.

Origin

Related to Latin dicere, “say,” in an older family associated with showing or declaring.

Note

A public declaration could assign something formally to a purpose.

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noun

predicate

PRED-ih-kut/ˈpredɪkət/

A property or relation asserted about a subject or argument.

In The bird sings, the predicate attributes singing to the bird.

Minimal grammatical teaching image: the exact sentence 'The bird sings.' with only 'sings' enclosed in a soft colored bracket.
Etymology
preLatinbefore, in front of
+dicateLatindeclare or dedicate

The pieces convey “proclaim forth.” In logic, the resulting noun meant what is asserted of a subject; grammar applies it to the sentence part that makes that assertion.

In context

Khan Academy4:10
a noun or pronoun part, which we call the subject, and it has to have a verb and all its baggage part, which is what we call the predicate.
What is a sentence? | Syntax | Khan Academy

More examples

  • The predicate “is taller than” expresses a relation between two people.
  • The predicate “is even” holds for the number four.
  • These predicates describe properties shared by every member of the group.

Forms

predicate · predicates

predication noun — The act of attributing a property.

Similar words

property
Describes a characteristic without necessarily asserting it of anything.
relation
Specifically connects two or more things, rather than describing one.