predicate
[verb pred-i-keyt; adjective, noun pred-i-kit]
- 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.
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- to make an affirmation or assertion.
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- predicated.
- Grammar. belonging to the predicate: a predicate noun.
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- 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.
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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
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Examples from the Web for predicated
Contemporary Examples
They informed us that the money and Medicaid payments we received were predicated on a mistake.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait YearsElizabeth Picciuto
December 2, 2014
Mainstream blockbusters, especially action flicks, are often predicated on out of this world plots.
But the rise of these firms is predicated almost entirely on success in their home markets.
They are predicated on an assumption of fossil fuel scarcity and U.S. vulnerability to volatile global oil markets.
“CSI which goes on the air at nine is predicated on sexual predators,” said Holland.
Historical Examples
To some extent my friendship with these men was predicated on having a few drinks with them.
The Old GameSamuel G. Blythe
Therefore not-being cannot be predicated or expressed; for how can we say 'is,' 'are not,' without number?
SophistPlato
Everything could be predicated of everything, or nothing of anything.
SophistPlato
Similarly the differentiae are predicated of the species and of the individuals.
The CategoriesAristotle
Moreover, the definition of the differentia may be predicated of that of which the differentia itself is predicated.
The CategoriesAristotle
predicate
- (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
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- 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
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- of or relating to something that has been predicated
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin praedicāre to assert publicly, from prae in front, in public + dīcere to say
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Word Origin and History for predicated
predicate
n.
mid-15c., a term in logic, from Middle French predicat and directly from Medieval Latin predicatum, from Latin praedicatum "that which is said of the subject," noun use of neuter past participle of praedicare "assert, proclaim, declare publicly," from prae- "forth, before" (see pre-) + dicare "proclaim," from stem of dicere "to speak, to say" (see diction). Grammatical sense is from 1630s. Related: Predicative; predicator; predicatory.
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predicate
adj.
1887, from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)).
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predicate
v.
1550s, back formation from predication, or else from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicare "proclaim, announce" (see predicate (n.)). Related: Predicated; predicating. Phrase predicated on "founded on, based on," is American English, first recorded 1766.
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predicate
[(pred-i-kuht)]
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