predicable

English

Adjective

predicable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable.
2. (grammar, of an adjective) That may be used in the predicate of a sentence, especially following a form of the verb "to be".

Translations

• Finnish: ennustettavissa oleva

Noun

predicable (plural predicables)

1. Anything affirmable of another; especially, a general attribute or notion as affirmable of, or applicable to, many individuals.
2. (logic) One of the five most general relations of attributes involved in logical arrangements, namely, genus, species, difference, property, and accident.

Related terms

• predicate

Further reading

• predicable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• predicable in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911