Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To announce, assert, or proclaim publicly.

    твердитиtverdyty, стверджуватиstverdžuvaty

  2. (transitive)To assume or suppose; to infer.

    припускатиprypuskaty, робити висновокrobyty vysnovok

  3. (transitive)To base (on); to assert on the grounds of.

    базуватиbazuvaty, ґрунтуватиgruntuvaty

  4. (transitive)To make a term (or expression) the predicate of a statement.

    make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition

  5. (transitive)To assert or state as an attribute or quality of something.

    1911, Encyclopedia Britannica, Conceptualism This quality becomes real as a mental concept when it is predicated of all the objects possessing it (“quod de pluribus natum est praedicari”).

    твердитиtverdyty, стверджуватиstverdžuvaty

    affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of

Examples

11 sentences
  1. The sentence must have a predicate.

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  2. My advice is predicated on my experience.

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  3. Your analysis is predicated on faulty assumptions.

    deDeine Analyse beruht auf fehlerhaften Annahmen.

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  4. Where is the predicate in this sentence?

    ruГде в этом предложении сказуемое?

    deWo ist in diesem Satz das Prädikat?

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  5. This sentence has a predicate but no subject.

    ruВ этом предложении есть сказуемое, но нет подлежащего.

    deDieser Satz hat ein Prädikat, aber kein Subjekt.

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to announce or assert publicly:
to assume or suppose; to infer:
to base on, to assert on the grounds of:

Origin

From Latin praedicātus, perfect passive participle of praedicō (“to publish, declare, proc

From Latin praedicātus, perfect passive participle of praedicō (“to publish, declare, proclaim”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from prae- (“before”) + dicō (“to proclaim, dedicate”), related to dīcō (“to say, tell”). Doublet of preach.

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Forms

predicates, predicating, predicated, predicated
Base formpredicate · to predicate
3rd person singularpredicates
Present participlepredicating
Past simplepredicated
Past participlepredicated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypredicate
he, she, itpredicates

Past simpleLesson

all personspredicated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave predicated
he, she, ithas predicated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill predicate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of:proclaim
  • involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic:connote

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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