Predicates is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Predicates meaning
plural of predicate
Using Predicates
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of predicate
- In the example corpus, predicates often appears in combinations such as: the predicates, that predicates, these predicates.
Context around Predicates
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Predicates
- In this selection, "predicates" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, abducible, xml, sql, declared, sql and extendible stand out and add context to how "predicates" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include all polyadic predicates can be and allows some predicates declared as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "predicates" sits close to words such as abm, adsl and adua, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with predicates
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But he predicates another cut will only come next year. (10 words)
Another approach, which favours specific predicates over others, was taken by Hintikka. (12 words)
Now think about that preemption provision in relationship to the universe of potential predicates. (14 words)
Head coach Pat Fitzgerald predicates his defense on a zone scheme that allows chunk yardage in the passing game, but doesn’t allow big plays, as it tends to stifle receivers once they’ve caught the ball. (37 words)
However, whereas the predicates in the heads of clauses are defined by the constraint logic program, the predicates in the constraints are predefined by some domain-specific model-theoretic structure or theory. (32 words)
The CBO relies on the engine to provide it with the selectivities of these predicates on the tables, and then uses these to estimate the size of the join inputs. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
Abductive logic programming Abductive logic programming is an extension of normal Logic Programming that allows some predicates, declared as abducible predicates, to be "open" or undefined.
Characteristics: reliable and fairly fast interpreter, command line interface, Windows-interface, builtin DCG, XML-predicates, SQL-predicates, extendible.
However, whereas the predicates in the heads of clauses are defined by the constraint logic program, the predicates in the constraints are predefined by some domain-specific model-theoretic structure or theory.
Now think about that preemption provision in relationship to the universe of potential predicates.
In Count 1, Racketeering Conspiracy, jurors were asked to consider 14 categories of crimes considered as “predicates” for the racketeering charge.
The CBO relies on the engine to provide it with the selectivities of these predicates on the tables, and then uses these to estimate the size of the join inputs.
But he predicates another cut will only come next year.
Head coach Pat Fitzgerald predicates his defense on a zone scheme that allows chunk yardage in the passing game, but doesn’t allow big plays, as it tends to stifle receivers once they’ve caught the ball.
Hence, the practical meaning of the rights and freedoms a Constitution gives the people predicates greatly on the powers the Constitution bestows on the institutions of the state.
It is the same dual interest that is driving the idea of sunsetting certain older predicates.
All polyadic predicates can be reduced to one dyadic predicate, interpretable as set membership.
Although Zermelo's fix allows a class to describe arbitrary (possibly "large") entities, these predicates of the meta-language may have no formal existence (i.
Another approach, which favours specific predicates over others, was taken by Hintikka.
As a result, Tarski held that the semantic theory could not be applied to any natural language, such as English, because they contain their own truth predicates.
A special conjunction "ze" is used to create a "mixed" predicate which may be true even if it is not necessarily true for either of the component predicates.
A table in an SQL database schema corresponds to a predicate variable; the contents of a table to a relation; key constraints, other constraints, and SQL queries correspond to predicates.
Because adjectives can be used as complete predicates, many words used to indicate tense in verbs (see Verbs:Tense below) may be used to describe adjectives.
But these pure categories are predicates of things in general, not of a particular thing.
For this reason, a comparatively small set of library predicates suffices for many Prolog programs.
From this general assignment, which makes all of the true, we construct an interpretation of the language's predicates that makes φ true.
Common combinations with predicates
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the predicates 6×
- that predicates 4×
- these predicates 3×
- predicates can 3×
- predicates of 3×
- predicates is 3×
- predicates and 3×
- predicates are 3×
- predicates to 2×
- predicates in 2×