Definitions
involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
Word origin
From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below.
Used in a sentence
“A propositional variable may be treated as a nullary predicate.”
“A predicate is either valid, satisfiable, or unsatisfiable.”
“Predicates are usually found in a query's WHERE or HAVING clauses, though they can be located elsewhere (e.g. in CASE expressions).”
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