predicate

B2 Topic:Grammar & Function Words

US /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/ UK /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/ See IPA manual

Freq #75189

Meanings

1

noun
In grammar, the part of a sentence or clause that says something about the subject, usually containing the verb.

In the sentence "The dog barked loudly," the predicate is "barked loudly."
2

verb
To base something on a particular fact, idea, or condition.

Their entire plan was predicated on the assumption that prices would keep rising.
3

verb
To state or assert that something is true of a subject.

The report predicated the candidate's success on her strong record.

Verb forms

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Synonyms

3 verb · to state or assert that... proclaim

Word family

Forms predicatedpredicatespredicating

Derived forms nonpredicatepredicatablepredicativepredicativelypredicatorsubpredicatesuperpredicateunpredicated

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predicate calculus
a system of logic representing individuals, their properties, and quantified relationships

Noun + noun

Etymology

From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

*deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European predicat Middle English praedicātum la-med

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# predicate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/
**Frequency rank:** 75189

## Meanings
1. In grammar, the part of a sentence or clause that says something about the subject, usually containing the verb.
2. To base something on a particular fact, idea, or condition.
3. To state or assert that something is true of a subject.

## Examples
- In the sentence "The dog barked loudly," the predicate is "barked loudly."
- Their entire plan was predicated on the assumption that prices would keep rising.
- The report predicated the candidate's success on her strong record.

## Derived Forms
- nonpredicate
- predicatable
- predicative
- predicatively
- predicator
- subpredicate
- superpredicate
- unpredicated

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *deyḱ-
- Root: predicat
- Root: praedicātum

## Etymology
From Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

## AI Etymology
Predicate comes from Middle English predicat(e), from Old French predicat (French prédicat), from Medieval Latin praedicātum (“thing said of a subject, predicate”), substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of praedicātus, the perfect passive participle praedicō (“to proclaim”), see -ate (noun-forming suffix); see also Etymology 2 below. The adjective was derived from the noun by metanalysis, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). In present-day English it covers in grammar, the part of a sentence or clause that says something about the subject, usually containing the verb, to base something on a particular fact, idea, or condition, and to state or assert that something is true of a subject. The wider family includes derived forms such as nonpredicate, predicatable, predicative, predicatively, predicator.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words
- Language & Linguistics

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