Read full poem →In honest simple verse, this song to you.
And, if in flattering strains I do not predicate,
'T is that I still retain my "buff and blue;"[12]
Dictionary Entry
(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states something about the subject or the object of the sentence.
In a Sentence
“In "The dog barked very loudly", the subject is "the dog" and the predicate is "barked very loudly".”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. predicatecalculus predicatelogic predicateadjective predicatepredicate orderpredicate place
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “predicate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.