Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "predicable" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PREDICABLE

From Latin praedicābilis, from praedicāre to assert publicly.
info
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp
section

PRONUNCIATION OF PREDICABLE

predicable  [ˈprɛdɪkəbəl] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREDICABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Predicable can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PREDICABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Predicable

Predicable is, in scholastic logic, a term applied to a classification of the possible relations in which a predicate may stand to its subject. It is not to be confused with 'praedicamenta', the schoolmen's term for Aristotle's ten Categories. The list given by the schoolmen and generally adopted by modern logicians is based on the original fivefold classification given by Aristotle: definition, genus, differentia, property, accident. The scholastic classification, obtained from Boëthius's Latin version of Porphyry's Isagoge, modified Aristotle's by substituting species for definition. Both classifications are of universals, concepts or general terms, proper names of course being excluded. There is, however, a radical difference between the two systems. The standpoint of the Aristotelian classification is the predication of one universal concerning another. The Porphyrian, by introducing species, deals with the predication of universals concerning individuals, and thus created difficulties from which the Aristotelian is free. The Aristotelian classification may be briefly explained: ▪ The definition of anything is the statement of its essence, i.

Definition of predicable in the English dictionary

The first definition of predicable in the dictionary is capable of being predicated or asserted. Other definition of predicable is a quality, attribute, etc, that can be predicated. Predicable is also one of the five Aristotelian classes of predicates, namely genus, species, difference, property, and relation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREDICABLE


abdicable
ˈæbdɪkəbəl
amicable
ˈæmɪkəbəl
applicable
ˈæplɪkəbəl
breakable
ˈbreɪkəbəl
clickable
ˈklɪkəbəl
communicable
kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl
despicable
dɪˈspɪkəbəl
eradicable
ɪˈrædɪkəbəl
immedicable
ɪˈmɛdɪkəbəl
ineradicable
ˌɪnɪˈrædɪkəbəl
inexplicable
ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbəl
irradicable
ɪˈrædɪkəbəl
judicable
ˈdʒuːdɪkəbəl
likable
ˈlaɪkəbəl
likeable
ˈlaɪkəbəl
medicable
ˈmɛdɪkəbəl
practicable
ˈpræktɪkəbəl
unbreakable
ʌnˈbreɪkəbəl
unmistakable
ˌʌnmɪsˈteɪkəbəl
vindicable
ˈvɪndɪkəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREDICABLE

predicability
predicableness
predicament
predicamental
predicant
predicate
predicate calculus
predication
predicative
predicatively
predicator
predicatory
predict
predictability
predictable
predictableness
predictably
predicter
prediction
predictive

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREDICABLE

able
allocable
brake cable
cable
coaxial cable
educable
explicable
extension cable
impeccable
implacable
impracticable
inapplicable
inextricable
irrevocable
jumper cable
masticable
power cable
replicable
revocable
transmission cable
vocable

Synonyms and antonyms of predicable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «predicable» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF PREDICABLE

Find out the translation of predicable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of predicable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «predicable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可预测
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

predicable
570 millions of speakers

English

predicable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

predicable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متوقعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предсказуемым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

predicable
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কথনীয় বা বিধেয়রূপে প্রযোজ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prédicable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Predicable
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorhersehbaren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

断定できる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예측 가능한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Predicable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khả năng dự đoán
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹெகலின் கருத்தாகும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शब्दशः
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iddia edilebilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

predicabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przewidywalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передбачуваним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

previzibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προβλέψιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

handliggende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förutsebart
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

predicable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of predicable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREDICABLE»

The term «predicable» is regularly used and occupies the 82.674 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
62
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «predicable» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of predicable
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «predicable».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREDICABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «predicable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «predicable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about predicable

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREDICABLE»

Discover the use of predicable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to predicable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Logic Matters
Peter Thomas Geach, Geach. in theory T. But now let us add to T's ideology just one predicable that discriminates between equiform tokens; in the enlarged theory T1, we can express something that is true of a token a but not true of an ...
Peter Thomas Geach, Geach, 1980
2
Cultivating Personhood: Kant and Asian Philosophy
Joy is an emotion and is predicable of a person, so emotion, being predicable of joy, is predicable of a person. Having weight is determined by gravity and is predicable of a person, so being determined by gravity, being predicable of having ...
Stephen R. Palmquist, 2010
3
Plato's Account of Falsehood: A Study of the Sophist
a negative particle followed by a predicable is applied to an object, then what is said about this object is that every kind that holds of it is different from the kind signified by the predicable that follows the negative particle.'8 For instance, if the  ...
Paolo Crivelli, 2012
4
Substance and Attribute: A Study in Ontology
Plato may have thought, it is not itself large; neither is courage, courageous; trangularity, triangular; nor mankind, a man. Nevertheless, some universals are self-predicable. Thus, the property of being self-identical is self-identical; the property ...
Michael J. Loux, 1978
5
Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy V: Aristotle's Ontology
Is the substratum predicable? Since that which remains the same throughout the change is of a material nature, it cannot be predicable, because matter is not predicable.6 To surrender the claim that the substratum is material is to reject a ...
John Peter Anton, George L. Kustas, Anthony Preus, 1992
6
A Neomedieval Essay in Philosophical Theology
Moreover, if He is identical with these universals and if they in turn are predicable of various human beings, then God too must be predicable of the human beings of which they are predicable, so that any wise, powerful, and good human being  ...
Ramon M. Lemos, 2001
7
Philosophical Grounds of Rationality: Intentions, ...
Aristotle thinks that Plato's treatment of each item predicable in common of particulars as separable roSe n, rather than a roiovSe, leads to the 'third man'.68 If the item predicable in common is a separable 'this', then by D8 it is an individual, ...
Richard E. Grandy, Richard Warner, 1988
8
Categories, On Interpretation, and On Sophistical Refutations
Of things themselves some are predicable of a subject, and are never present in a subject. Thus 'man' is predicable of the individual man, and is never present in a subject. By being 'present in a subject' I do not mean present as parts are ...
Aristotle, 2010
9
Avicenna's Metaphysics in Context
The incomplete/complete distinction applies to one species of entelekheia, namely the kind whose specific difference is "predicable-of-change". And the first/ second distinction applies to another species of entelekheia, namely the kind whose ...
Robert Wisnovsky, 2003
10
Divinity and Maximal Greatness
It follows that 0km/sis a lower limit simpliciter for speed, since it is impossible to travel more slowly than 0 km/s.43 Miller's second example is that of a 'zero-place predicable'. Miller claims that these are lower limit cases and not lower limits ...
Daniel J. Hill, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREDICABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term predicable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Haley Skimmer drop-in tuned factory OEM for Glocks (VIDEO)
It comes with a set of polished OEM springs as well — everything rough surface is eliminated for a predicable break and positive reset. «Guns.com, Jul 15»
2
Lessons from 'Sivaji: The Boss'
Yes, the plot is predicable and does not stray from the winning formula of such movies. But one does not watch Rajnikanth movies for their ... «The Star Online, Jul 15»
3
Lee Congerton's Sunderland project is nearing crunch-time - here's …
... add some extra sparkle to what has become a painfully predicable Sunderland attack over the last two years, so no one is suggesting there is ... «ChronicleLive, Jul 15»
4
When Every County in America Goes to Work
... looking to kill the last few minutes at the office before heading home on your (predicable) Friday commute, I encourage you to seek the truth. «Gizmodo, Jul 15»
5
Ellsbury, Headley lead Yankees to sweep of Orioles
The bullpen then provided the expected, and the predicable, slamming the door on the Orioles in a 3-2 Yankees victory Tuesday night in front ... «TV Newsroom, Jul 15»
6
Hugh Byrne: I'm in work, Jeremy – but I remember that the public are …
Jeremy Hunt's speech on 16th July had vision, insight and a dose of reality. The rather predicable storm of outrage amongst doctors has mostly ... «Conservative Home, Jul 15»
7
A look at the mainland's past explains today's foreign policy
The historical tales are written in a predicable manner; it is about various foreign invasions, wars, lootings, killings, rapes and unequal treaties ... «China Post, Jul 15»
8
Polk youth facility blistered by DJJ Grand Jury report
“Am I supposed to be surprised,” Hill said. That was a predicable reaction.” This lobster is believed to be 95 years old. Photo from CNN video ... «WFLA, Jul 15»
9
I gave up Ayn Rand for Bernie Sanders: How I grew up and traded …
I was parroting “conventional wisdom,” the political equivalent of talking about the weather. It's so trite and predicable that it's become a national ... «Salon, Jul 15»
10
Everton boss Martinez critical of Chelsea's Stone pursuit
That hasn't stopped the predicable outbreak of panic and outrage on social media, with Evertonians fearing Stones is simply the latest ... «PPP Focus.com, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Predicable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/predicable>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z