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predicand

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

What a clausal predicate, predicative complement or adjunct relates to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, syntax

Examples

  • In, "downhearted, he left," the predicand for downhearted is the person denoted by he (cf. he was downhearted).

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noun

Meaning 2

The referent of the phrase of which another constituent (the predicate) is predicated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences, semantics

Examples

  • For example, in They appear uneasy, the property of being uneasy is predicated of (the referent of) they, which is therefore the predicand.

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History

Etymology

From predicate + -and.