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Plural of predicate

regular plural

The plural of predicate is predicates.

Forms of predicate

Singularpredicate /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/
Pluralpredicates /ˈpɹɛdɪkəts/
Countablecountable

Predicates in a sentence

  • This artwork predicates a very H SCENE immediately following this capture.2018 January 3, [anonymous], “/tg/ - Traditional Games » Thread #57240679”, in Desuarchive [originally posted on 4chan], Bibliotheca…. From the entry h
  • Complete determination demands a comparison of the thing with the sum-total of all possible predicates.2012 -, E.E. Kleist, Judging Appearances, →ISBN. From the entry sum-total
  • The points I have been making are one consequence of accepting the undetachability of predicates.1996, Barry Miller, A Most Unlikely God: A Philosophical Enquiry Into the Nature of God, University of Notre Dame Press. From the entry undetachability
  • In this case, the method examines whether predicates obey certain higher-level relations, such as transitivity or inversivity.1985 July 15, Pat Langley, Herbert A[lexander] Simon, Jan M[ikołaj] Zytkow, Douglas H. Fisher, “Some Other Discovery Systems”, in…. From the entry inversivity
  • In this reading predicates are construed so as radically to dispersonify their meanings.1981, Harvard English Studies - Volume 9, page 35. From the entry dispersonify

Meaning of predicate

  1. noun The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
  2. noun A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
  3. noun An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.

Full definition of predicate

Questions about the plural of predicate

What is the plural of predicate?
The plural of predicate is predicates.
Is predicate countable?
Predicate is a countable noun.

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