Predication
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A proclamation, announcement or preaching. countable, uncountable
- 2 (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument wordnet
- 3 An assertion or affirmation. countable, uncountable
"It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase."
- 4 The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition. countable, uncountable
- 5 The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"It can be immediately observed from these sentences that the English subject of a predication is translated in Japanese with a wa-phrase, while the subject of a nonpredicational description appears as a ga-phrase."
Etymology
From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō.
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