predicational

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adjective

Relating to predicates or predications.

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Meanings

adjectivepredicational (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to predicates or predications.

    Predicational language allows the child or learner to talk about events located outside of the here and now, about feelings, and about abstract, hypothetical, or imagined arguments and states of affairs.

    2002, Claire J. Kramsch, Language Acquisition and Language Socialization, page 156

Origin

From predication + -al.

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APA

predicational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predicational

MLA

“predicational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predicational. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “predicational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/predicational.

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