# predication

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A proclamation, announcement or preaching.
2. An assertion or affirmation.
3. The act of making something the subject or predicate of a proposition.
4. The parallel execution of all possible outcomes of a branch instruction, all except one of which are discarded after the branch condition has been evaluated.

## Etymology
From Middle English predicacion, from Anglo-Norman predicaciun, from Latin praedicātiō, from praedicō.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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