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predicable
[ pred-i-kuh-buhl ]
adjective
- that may be predicated or affirmed; assertable.
noun
- that which may be predicated; an attribute.
- Logic. any one of the various kinds of predicate that may be used of a subject.
predicable
/ ˈɛɪəə /
adjective
- capable of being predicated or asserted
noun
- a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated
- obsolete.logic one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates ( the five heads of predicables ), namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation
Derived Forms
- ˌ徱ˈٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- i··i·ٲ i···Ա noun
- i·· adverb
- ܲ·i·· adjective
- un·i···Ա noun
- un·i·· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of predicable1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of predicable1
Example Sentences
If Kamala Harris wins investors expect her trade and foreign policies to be a continuation of Joe Biden's more predicable approach.
The hearing was largely a predicable display of partisanship, with each party trading claims about the merits of the underlying investigation into Russia’s attempt to manipulate the 2016 election in Mr. Trump’s favor.
The dualities of love and hate, life and death, dissolve at Disney, making imagining beyond the predicable possible.
She said a surge of cases in the winter, when people are socializing indoors, was utterly predicable, and yet schools were not ready when it happened.
It happens for all the predicable reasons, such as making too many poor staffing choices, a lack of effort or low performance results.
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