What part of speech is predicating?

Predicating can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. predicating is a verb, gerund of predicate (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does predicating mean?

Definitions

Verb

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"

Examples of predicating

#   Sentence  
1. verb The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog.
Sentence  
verb
The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog.

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