n-place predicate

n-place predicate
A predicate thought of as an open sentence that requires n variables to be either bound or substituted by a referring expression to make a closed sentence. Thus ‘ x is the daughter of y ’ is a two-place predicate, that can be turned into a sentence either by substitution of names: Mary is the daughter of Emma; or by a name and a quantification binding one variable: (∃x ) Mary is the daughter of x ; or by binding both variables: (∃x )(∃y ) x is the daughter of y .

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