Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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For years, many investors have predicated their portfolios on the bet that AI will become a revolutionary technology, powering economic growth and corporate profits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Throughout the week in Vegas, Jones had insisted the fight with Gane was a mismatch, but few could have predicated such a dominant performance.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2023
Western powers and the International Monetary Fund have predicated any assistance on the formation of a new government and the enactment of reforms aimed at reducing corruption and getting state spending under control.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that many of the ancients of the distant past should have predicated eternal life upon deeds and ideas.
From Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro by Charles H. Fowler
If we think of the sun and then try to conceive of the cessation of the solar flame and heat, we have predicated the nonexistence of the sun.
From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá
