Predicate or predication may refer to:
Computer science
- Syntactic predicate (in parser technology) guidelines the parser process
Linguistics
- Predicate (grammar), a grammatical component of a sentence
Philosophy and logic
- Predication (philosophy)
- Functional predicate
- Predicate (mathematical logic), a fundamental concept in first-order logic
- Predicate functor logic
- Predicate logic
- Predicate variable
Other uses
- In law, a predicate offense or crime is one which is part of a larger crime.
- Predication (computer architecture), a choice to execute or not to execute a given instruction based on the content of a machine register
- Predicate rule, in the U.S., any requirement set forth in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health Service Act, or any FDA regulation other than Title 21 CFR Part 11 applicable to drug makers, medical device manufacturers, biotech companies, and other FDA-regulated industries