predicand
nounEtymology From predicate + -and.
1
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Syntax 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
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Semantics 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.