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'''Predicate''' is an expression which takes a [[subject]] to form a [[sentence]]. The predicate ascribes a property to the subject.

=== Example ===

''Socrates'' is the subject in the sentence ''Socrates is mortal'' and ''is mortal'' is the predicate. In [[predicate logic]], a predicate designates a property or a relation. P in P(a) and R in R(b,c) are called predicates. P in P(a) assigns a property to a and R in R(b,c) designates a relation between b and c. The expressions a, b and c are called the [[argument]]s of the predicates P and R.

=== Links ===

[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Predicate&lemmacode=423 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]

=== References ===

* Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.

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+In semantics, a '''predicate''' is concept (property or ''n''-ary relation) that is attributed to a given (set of) [[argument]](s) in a [[predication]]. Constituents with the function of a predicate are called [[predicate terms]]. However, the distinction between 'predicates' and 'predicate terms' is often not made, especially in syntactic research.
-'''Predicate''' is an expression which takes a [[subject]] to form a [[sentence]]. The predicate ascribes a property to the subject.
+In [[predicate logic]], a predicate is often represented in (small) capitals followed by its argument(s) in parentheses. For example, the predicate denoted by the word ''man'' can be represented as <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">man</span>, and if the property of being a man is attributed to Fred, this is represented as <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">man</span>(Fred). Alternatively, inverted commas are often used to mark (semantic) predicates as such and to distinguish them from natural language , e.g. man'(Fred). When a predicate takes two arguments (denotes a relation rather than a property), the arguments are usually separated by commas (e.g. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">like</span>(Fred,Mary) for ''Fred likes Mary''). Put differently, the predicate <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">like</span> takes a pair of entities (rather than a single entity) which functions as an argument of that predicate.
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+In traditional grammaticography, a predicate combines with a subject to form a sentence, and the ascribes a property to the subject referent (e.g. ''Socrates'' is the subject in the sentence ''Socrates is mortal'' and ''is mortal'' is the predicate).
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