| 单词 | predicate |
| 释义 | predicate (once / 2179 pages) 1vn 2nv The predicate is the part of a sentence that includes the verb and verb phrase. The predicate of "The boys went to the zoo" is "went to the zoo." We change the pronunciation of this noun ("PRED-uh-kit") when we turn it into a verb ("PRED-uh-kate"). The verb predicate means to require something as a condition of something else, and we use this term mostly in connection with logic, mathematics, or rhetoric. To predicate your argument on certain facts is to use those facts as evidence. WORD FAMILYpredicate: predicated, predicates, predicating, predication, predicative, predicator+/predication: predications/predicative: predicatively/predicator: predicators USAGE EXAMPLESCuriously, though, Trump’s priorities seem predicated on the premise that the U.S. economy is still circling the drain. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) The Chiefs’ run defense is predicated on their defensive front occupying offensive linemen long enough for the linebacker crew to dart in and plays. Washington Times(Dec 14, 2016) The Chargers then pursued a combined stadium and convention center in downtown San Diego, predicated on an increased hotel tax. Los Angeles Times(Dec 13, 2016) 1 1v involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well Syn|Hyper connote imply suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic 2v affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President Syn|Hyper proclaim assert, asseverate, maintain state categorically 3n (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula 2`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates Hyper term one of the substantive phrases in a logical proposition 1n one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements Syn|Hyper verb phrase phrase an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence 2v make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog' Hyper interrelate, relate be in a relationship with |
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