Predicate

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Predicate or predication may refer to:

Linguistics

• Predicate (grammar), a grammatical component of a sentence
• Syntactic predicate (in parser technology) guidelines the parser process

Logic

• Functional predicate
• Predicate (mathematical logic), a fundamental concept in first-order logic
• Predicate functor logic
• Predicate logic
• Predicate variable

Other uses

• Predicate offenses under the United States Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
• Branch predication (computer programming), a choice to execute or not to execute a given instruction based on the content of a machine register