Predicates can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| predicate - make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'" | ||
| predicate - affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President" | ||
| predicate - involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well" | ||
Noun |
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| 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" | ||
| predicate - one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements |
| # | Sentence | ||
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| 1. | verb | The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog. | |
| 2. | noun | The "predicate" is that part that shows the action in the sentence. In Japanese it would be the part that ends in "da", "suru", etc. | |
| 3. | noun | 'Verb' refers to the predicate verb. Predicate verbs change their form depending on the subject and the time expressed. | |
| 4. | noun | This sentence has a predicate but no subject. | |
| 5. | noun | The sentence must have a predicate. | |
| 6. | noun | Should we exercise yet how to translate sentences containing a subject, a predicate and an object? Or should we go further? | |
| 7. | noun | The "predicate" is that part that shows the action in the sentence. In Japanese it would be the part that ends in "da", "suru", etc. | |
| 8. | noun | 'Verb' refers to the predicate verb. Predicate verbs change their form depending on the subject and the time expressed. | |
| 9. | noun | This sentence has a predicate but no subject. | |
| 10. | noun | The sentence must have a predicate. | |
| 11. | noun | Should we exercise yet how to translate sentences containing a subject, a predicate and an object? Or should we go further? |
| Sentence | |
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| verb | |
| The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog. |
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| noun | |
| The "predicate" is that part that shows the action in the sentence. In Japanese it would be the part that ends in "da", "suru", etc. | |
| 'Verb' refers to the predicate verb. Predicate verbs change their form depending on the subject and the time expressed. | |
| This sentence has a predicate but no subject. | |
| The sentence must have a predicate. | |
| Should we exercise yet how to translate sentences containing a subject, a predicate and an object? Or should we go further? | |
| The "predicate" is that part that shows the action in the sentence. In Japanese it would be the part that ends in "da", "suru", etc. | |
| 'Verb' refers to the predicate verb. Predicate verbs change their form depending on the subject and the time expressed. | |
| This sentence has a predicate but no subject. | |
| The sentence must have a predicate. | |
| Should we exercise yet how to translate sentences containing a subject, a predicate and an object? Or should we go further? | |