predication
Americannoun
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an act or instance of asserting something.
Although he struggled academically, the school's predication that he couldn't learn and succeed without medication was thankfully proven false.
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an act or instance of basing an action or statement on something else.
His video installation Revolution explores lingering Socialist and Muslim dreams in Egypt and their continued predication on drama and violence.
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Grammar, Logic. an act or instance of combining a subject and a predicate, according to rules of syntax, so as to make a statement about something.
What is the function, for example, of the predication “Whales are mammals” in a discourse?
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Law. evidence of possible criminal action, sufficient to warrant a charge or inquiry.
There were a number of things that caused us to believe we had adequate predication to open the investigation.
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Rare. prediction.
Other Word Forms
- predicational adjective
- subpredication noun
Etymology
Origin of predication
First recorded in 1300–50, for an earlier sense; from Latin praedicātiōn-, stem of praedicātiō “announcement, declaration,” from praedicāre “to declare publicly, assert”; predicate ( def. ), -ion ( def. )
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Federal prosecutors mostly do proactive investigations where there is adequate predication and then we start in a very leisurely way.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2022
He scoured the F.B.I. guidelines to find the rules against investigating someone based on false predication, presenting his supervisors with copious examples of claims that didn’t add up.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
“Notwithstanding whether there was sufficient predication for the leak investigation itself, including family members and minor children strikes me as extremely aggressive,” said David Laufman, a former Justice Department official who worked on leak investigations.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2021
The U.S. attorney’s office “stated that there may be ethical and/or administrative issues to address but there is not predication to open a criminal investigation,” investigators from the Inspector General’s office said.
From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021
The true Aristotelian doctrine is not that predication consists in referring subjects to classes, but only that for certain logical purposes it may be so regarded.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William
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