predicand

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. What a clausal predicate, predicative complement or adjunct relates to.
    — In, "downhearted, he left," the predicand for downhearted is the person denoted by he (cf. he was downhearted).
  2. The referent of the phrase of which another constituent (the predicate) is predicated.
    — For example, in They appear uneasy, the property of being uneasy is predicated of (the referent of) they, which is therefore the predicand.

词形变化

predicands plural

词源

From predicate + -and.
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