predicate

Noun

• one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

• (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
    

Verb

• involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
  • solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
    

• affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
  • The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President
    

• make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
  • The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  verb phrase , connote , proclaim