predicate

• vt.???と断言する；???に基づいて???する
• vi. 断言する、結論する
• n. 述語的、宣言的
• adj.述語的、宣言的

ラテン語の praedicare（予測する、主張する、主張する）、prae（先行する、先行する）、dicare（言う、主張する）が語源。

predicate

predicate: see indicate

predicate (n.)

mid-15c., a term in logic, from Middle French predicat and directly from Medieval Latin predicatum, from Latin praedicatum "that which is said of the subject," noun use of neuter past participle of praedicare "assert, proclaim, declare publicly," from prae- "forth, before" (see pre-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Grammatical sense is from 1630s. Related: Predicative; predicator; predicatory.

predicate (adj.)

1887, from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)).

predicate (v.)

1550s, back formation from predication, or else from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)). Related: Predicated; predicating. Phrase predicated on "founded on, based on," is American English, first recorded 1766.

1. We predicate rationality of man.

理性は人間の属性であると断言する。

2.Most religions predicate life after death.

ほとんどの宗教は死後も命があると主張している。

3.Canwe predicate of a dog that it has a soul？

犬について、私たちはそれに魂があると断定することができますか？

4.In general，a grammatical clause contains a subject and a predicate .

一般的に、文法に適した従属文には主語と述語が含まれている。

5.It can serve as subject， predicate ，object，attribute and adverbial modifier.

は主語、述語、目的語、定語、状語として使用できます。