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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28