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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Predicato

Pronunciation / Transliteration: predicato

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Predicate/ˈprɛd.ɪ.kət/
nounverbadjectiveCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Nella frase 'Il gatto dorme sul tappeto', 'dorme sul tappeto' è il predicato."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A part of a sentence or clause that expresses what is said about the subject.

    "In the sentence 'The cat sleeps on the mat', 'sleeps on the mat' is the predicate."
  2. 2

    In logic, the term or expression that denotes the property or relation of the subject.

    "In the logical statement 'All humans are mortal', 'are mortal' serves as the predicate."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare meaning 'to proclaim, publish, or declare publicly', composed of prae- (before) and dicare (to make known, dedicate). In medieval scholastic philosophy and later in grammar, the term evolved to denote the part of a proposition or sentence that makes a statement about the subject.

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