predicable
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See also: prédicable
English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
predicable (not comparable)
- Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
- (grammar, of an adjective) That may be used in the predicate of a sentence, especially following a form of the verb "to be".
Translations[edit]
affirmable, attributable
(of an adjective) that may be used in the predicate of a sentence
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Noun[edit]
predicable (plural predicables)
- Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.
- (logic) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
anything affirmable of another
one of the five most general relations of attributes in logic
Further reading[edit]
- “predicable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “predicable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
predicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural predicables)
Further reading[edit]
- “predicable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014