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predicable

predicable adjective: capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.

Adjective

predicable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
  2. That may be used in the predicate of a sentence, especially following a form of the verb "to be".

Noun

predicable (plural predicables)

  1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.
  2. One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Forms of predicable

pluralpredicables

Words formed from predicable

Questions about predicable

What does predicable mean?
Predicable means capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
What part of speech is predicable?
Predicable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near predicable in the dictionary

  1. prediapausal
  2. prediapause
  3. prediastemal
  4. prediastolic
  5. predicability
  6. predicable
  7. predicables
  8. predicably
  9. predicament
  10. predicament bondage
  11. predicamental

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