英语词汇“predicate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

predicatepredicate1 /ˈprɛdɪkɪt/ noun [countable] eng. lang. arts in grammar, the part of a sentence that has the main verb, and that tells what the subject is doing or describes the subject. In the sentence “He ran out of the house,” “ran out of the house” is the predicate. → subject

noun | verb

predicatepredicate2 /ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYpredicate²

Origin: 1500-1600 Late Latin, past participle of praedicare; ➔ PREACH

VERB TABLE

predicate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	predicate
	he, she, it	predicates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	predicated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have predicated
	he, she, it	has predicated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had predicated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will predicate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have predicated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am predicating
	he, she, it	is predicating
	you, we, they	are predicating
Past	I, he, she, it	was predicating
	you, we, they	were predicating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been predicating
	he, she, it	has been predicating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been predicating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be predicating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been predicating

be predicated on/upon something to be based on something as the reason for doing something else: The company’s budget was predicated on selling 10,000 subscriptions.