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predication
[ pred-i-key-shuhn ]
noun
- 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.
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
- Rare. prediction.
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Other Words From
- pred·i·ca·tion·al adjective
- sub·pred·i·ca·tion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of predication1
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 )
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