The phrase "as a predicate of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in discussions of grammar or logic to refer to the role of a word or phrase that describes the subject of a sentence.
Example: "In the sentence 'The cat is sleeping,' 'is sleeping' functions as a predicate of the subject 'the cat.'"
Alternatives: "as a component of" or "in the role of".
In most axiomatic theories, truth is conceived as a predicate of objects.
We follow the usual custom in logic of treating this as a predicate of sentences.
In contrast to the previous enumerative approaches based on the lexicon, he formalizes a set of mechanisms to lexical semantics that focus solely on the verb as a predicate of passive arguments.
Schelling insists now that "The I think, I am, is, since Descartes, the basic mistake of all knowledge; thinking is not my thinking, and being is not my being, for everything is only of God or the totality" (SW I/7, p. 148), so the I is 'affirmed' as a predicate of the being by which it is preceded.
The present study is designed to answer three specific questions, as a predicate for proof of concept for development of custom 3D printed ossicular prostheses: 1. Can data from commercially available computed tomographic (CT) scanners be used to design a custom-made ossicular prosthesis that reflects normal variations in ossicular anatomy? 2.
The court below not only failed to acknowledge that its earlier decision had been vacated, it openly relied on manual recounts that had occurred only because of that opinion as a predicate for changing the secretary of state's certification of the election and as the foundation for its statewide recount plan.
The letter states that the Kyl-Lieberman resolution "should in no way be interpreted as a predicate for the use of military force in Iran.
However, no significant results were detected to confirm the previous reports on P-selectin as a predicate factor of DVT.
This study shows that no significant results were detected to confirm the previous reports on P-selectin as a predicate factor of DVT.
Similarly, a relationship between two concepts is represented as a binary predicate of the form relationship x, y ) as all relationships in our ontology are binary in nature.
It is tempting to try to interpret such a notion as logical necessity as a syntactical predicate; i.e., as a predicate the applicability of which depends only on the form of the sentence claimed to be necessary rather like the applicability of formal rules of proof.
