verb (used with object),pred·i·cat·ed,pred·i·cat·ing.
to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
Logic.
to affirm or assert (something) of the subject of a proposition.
to make (a term) the predicate of such a proposition.
to connote; imply: His retraction predicates a change of attitude.
to found or derive (a statement, action, etc.); base (usually followed by on): He predicated his behavior on his faith in humanity.
verb (used without object),pred·i·cat·ed,pred·i·cat·ing.
to make an affirmation or assertion.
adjective
predicated.
Grammar. belonging to the predicate: a predicate noun.
noun
Grammar. (in many languages, as English) a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifying it, the whole often expressing the action performed by or the state attributed to the subject, as is here in Larry is here.
Logic. that which is affirmed or denied concerning the subject of a proposition.
Origin of predicate
1400–50; (noun) late Middle English (<Middle French predicat) <Medieval Latin praedicātum, noun use of neuter of Latin praedicātus, past participle of praedicāre to declare publicly, assert, equivalent to prae-pre- + dicā(re) to show, indicate, make known + -tus past participle suffix; (v. and adj.) <Latin praedicātus;cf. preach
OTHER WORDS FROM predicate
pred·i·ca·tion,nounpred·i·ca·tion·al,adjectivepred·i·ca·tive[pred-i-key-tiv, -kuh-; British pri-dik-uh-tiv], /ˈprɛd ɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -kə-; British prɪˈdɪk ə tɪv/, adjectivepred·i·ca·tive·ly,adverb
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Globalization—the ideal of an interconnected world—is predicated on the idea that we are stronger working together than split apart.
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However, the busybody’s actions and activities are predicated not on what is visible but by what they imagine they are seeing, and this is where it gets dicey.
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The rules governing the trust layer display are predicated on a very shallow “job category” to “job type” to a keyword-based ontology.
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Overnight, multinational law firms closed their offices, and businesses predicated on collaboration and “face time” moved their faces to video-conferencing software.
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FRIEDMAN: I think you also laid the predicate for the Iran negotiations.
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It is a new construction of reality which may serve either as subject or as predicate in future judgments.
Studies in Logical Theory|John Dewey
It is not a predicate adjective, but a partitive genitive after hwt.
Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book|C. Alphonso Smith
So you see we have several instances in which the "distribution" varies, both as regards the subject and also the predicate.
Thought-Culture|William Walker Atkinson
But the determination of a conception is a predicate, which adds to and enlarges the conception.
The Critique of Pure Reason|Immanuel Kant
The Predicate is evidently a Class whose peculiar Attribute is “relating to excise”.
Symbolic Logic|Lewis Carroll
British Dictionary definitions for predicate
predicate
verb (ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt) (mainly tr)
(also intr; when tr, may take a clause as object)to proclaim, declare, or affirm
to imply or connote
(foll by on or upon) to base or found (a proposition, argument, etc)
logic
to assert or affirm (a property, characteristic, or condition) of the subject of a proposition
to make (a term, expression, etc) the predicate of a proposition
noun (ˈprɛdɪkɪt)
grammar
the part of a sentence in which something is asserted or denied of the subject of a sentence; one of the two major components of a sentence, the other being the subject
(as modifier)a predicate adjective
logic
an expression that is derived from a sentence by the deletion of a name
a property, characteristic, or attribute that may be affirmed or denied of something. The categorial statement all men are mortal relates two predicates, is a man and is mortal
the term of a categorial proposition that is affirmed or denied of its subject. In this example all men is the subject, and mortal is the predicate
a function from individuals to truth values, the truth set of the function being the extension of the predicate
adjective (ˈprɛdɪkɪt)
of or relating to something that has been predicated
Derived forms of predicate
predication, noun
Word Origin for predicate
C16: from Latin praedicāre to assert publicly, from prae in front, in public + dīcere to say
How To Determine Subject vs. Predicate In A SentenceBy elementary school, kids begin learning about the different parts of a sentence. These parts give each word a job. And every complete sentence needs two things: a subject and a predicate. But what exactly are they?
The part of a sentence that shows what is being said about the subject. The predicate includes the main verb and all its modifiers. In the following sentence, the italicized portion is the predicate: “Olga's dog was the ugliest creature on four legs.”