predicable
See also: prédicable
English
editAdjective
editpredicable (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
editaffirmable, attributable
(of an adjective) that may be used in the predicate of a sentence
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Noun
editpredicable (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
editTranslations
editanything 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
editAdjective
editpredicable 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