noun, verb
noun (grammar) a part of a sentence containing a verb that makes a statement about the subject of the verb, such as went home in John went home.
compareOBJECTn.(5)
verb (formal)
1 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sth on / upon sth to base sth on a particular belief, idea or principle:
Democracy is predicated upon the rule of law.
2 to state that sth is true:
[Vthat] The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar. [also VN]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of predicate come from?
This entry for predicate is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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Yes — predicate appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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