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English
Adjective
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
(of an adjective) that may be used in the predicate of a sentence
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Noun
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.
Translations
anything affirmable of another
one of the five most general relations of attributes in logic
Further reading
- “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
Adjective
predicable m or f (masculine and feminine plural predicables)
- preachable
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