Word

predicate, n.
(predicates)

one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
<noun.communication>

predicate verb phrase

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

(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
<noun.communication>

predicate

sample sentences

"`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

hypernym