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Definition predicate in British English

predicate noun

[countable] noun
/ˈpredɪkət/
1

the part of the sentence that contains the verb and its object or complements and gives more information about the subject, for example 'was combing her hair' in the sentence 'Francesca was combing her hair'.

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Definition predicate in British English