Meaning & use
predication
The linguistic or logical act of stating or asserting something about a subject.
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In the sentence 'the sky is blue', predication attaches the property of blueness to the subject.
The professor explained how predication works differently across languages with flexible word order.
A note on using this word
Predication is a technical term from grammar and logic; in a sentence, the predicate is everything that says something about the subject.
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