Predicate in a sentence as a noun

So isNaN is just the predicate we need to strip out the whitespace characters.

The predicate should be clarified, and the word "probably" removed.

The problem is that the logic of the validation predicate was broken.

They probably don't need to study the predicate calculus.

Developers have to remember to "turn them on" by calling an access control predicate or whatnot.

First result is "zip".Or I want to get only the things in a list that satisfy a predicate, but I'm suffering from nominal amnesia.

Most people when they think of logic they think of propositional logic, boolean algebra, predicate calculus, formal methods etc.

Predicate in a sentence as a verb

For example, ObjectiveRecord[1] adds class methods for looking up objects using a predicate.

It skips over the idioms that make Emacs important and focuses on the predicate tribe-member?The power of Emacs is being command driven.

Thank you for this link, I really like this one:"There once was an X from place B,Who satisfied predicate P,The X did thing A,In a specified way,Resulting in circumstance C."

It's great billable time to have another reason to take 1 line of code with a predicate and "refactor" it into a broccoli floret of mock classes and exception handlers.

"* The "essential predicate" is "that a punishment must not by its severity be degrading to human dignity," especially torture.

Dijkstra seems to recommend fixing this by drilling symbol manipulation of the predicate calculus with uninterpreted symbols like "black" and "white".

Predicate definitions

noun

(logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates"

noun

one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements

verb

make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'"

verb

affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"

See also: proclaim

verb

involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

See also: connote