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predication

/ˌpɹɛ.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

predication noun: a proclamation, announcement or preaching.

Noun

predication (countable and uncountable, plural predications)

  1. A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
  2. An assertion or affirmation.
    • It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase.1965 June 4, Shigeyuki Kuroda, “Generative grammatical studies in the Japanese language”, in DSpace@MIT, retrieved 24 Feb 2014
  3. The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
  4. The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.

predication meaning in Tamil

predication in Tamil

கணிப்பு

Forms of predication

pluralpredications
alternative form (archaic)prædication

Origin of predication

From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō.

Words formed from predication

Questions about predication

What does predication mean?
Predication means a proclamation, announcement or preaching.
What is predication in Tamil?
Predication in Tamil is கணிப்பு. See Predication meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is predication?
Predication is a noun.
How do you pronounce predication?
Predication is pronounced /ˌpɹɛ.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
What is the plural of predication?
The plural of predication is predications.

Words near predication in the dictionary

  1. predicated
  2. predicates
  3. predicatid
  4. predicatids
  5. predicating
  6. predication
  7. predicational
  8. predications
  9. predicatival
  10. predicative
  11. predicative adjective

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