predicate

From Wiktionary

Pronunciation[change]

Noun[change]

Singular
predicate

Plural
predicates

  1. (grammar) A predicate is the head of a clause and says something about the subject.

Verb[change]

Plain form
predicate

Third-person singular
predicates

Past tense
predicated

Past participle
predicated

Present participle
predicating

  1. (transitive) If you predicate something, you state or assert it.
  2. (intransitive) If you predicate that something is true, you state that it is true.
    The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar.


Grammar (edit)
parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement- adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause