predetermination
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～ a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something; "he entered the argument with a predetermination to prove me wrong"
predicament
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～ a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one; "finds himself in a most awkward predicament"; "the woeful plight of homeless people"
predicate calculus
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～ a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions)
predicate
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～ one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
predicate
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～ (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"
predication
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～ (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument
predicator
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～ an expression that predicates
predictability
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～ the quality of being predictable
prediction
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～ a statement made about the future
prediction
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～ the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
predictor
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～ information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
predictor
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～ someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
predictor
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～ a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
predilection
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～ a strong liking; "my own preference is for good literature"; "the Irish have a penchant for blarney"
predilection
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～ a predisposition in favor of something; "a predilection for expensive cars"; "his sexual preferences"; "showed a Marxist orientation"
predisposition
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～ an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way
predisposition
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～ a disposition in advance to react in a particular way
predisposition
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～ susceptibility to a pathogen
prednisolone
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～ a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions
prednisone
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～ a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant