predicate
noun /ˈpredɪkət/
/ˈpredɪkət/
(grammar- a part of a sentence containing a verb that makes a statement about the subject of the verb, such as went home in John went home.
compare object谓语(句子成分,对主语加以陈述,如 John went home 中的 went home) 词源late Middle English (as a noun): from Latin praedicatum ‘something declared’, neuter of praedicatus ‘declared, proclaimed’, past participle of the verb praedicare, from prae ‘beforehand’ + dicare ‘make known’.