Predicate
A predicate is the portion of a clause, excluding the subject, that expresses something about the subject.
(English)
The book is on the table.
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Broader Terms
More specific terms
- NT2 ↓ Compound Predicate
Related terms
- RT⇆ Clause
- RT⇆ Complement
- RT⇆ Complement Clause
- RT⇆ Copula
- RT⇆ Emphasis Marker
- RT⇆ Illocutionary Act
- RT⇆ Main Clause
- RT⇆ Nominalization
- RT⇆ Path
- RT⇆ Phrase
- RT⇆ Predicate Noun
- RT⇆ Pro-Verb
- RT⇆ Proposition
- RT⇆ Subject
- RT⇆ Tag Question
- RT⇆ Verb (Linguistics)
- RT⇆ Verb Phrase
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