单词	predicate
释义	predicate1 nounpredicate2 verb predicatepred‧i‧cate1 /ˈpredɪkət/ noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A state of the blocks world is portrayed as an assertion, formed with predicate symbols. Existence predicates are prime instruments for making such claims explicit. In addition to pronouns and agreeing predicates, person or participant-role is marked in various other ways. The condition is a predicate which is true of just those states N that the action can be applied to. The natural rules for this task have conditions which also include the predicate which checks that two things are different. This predicate is sometimes given in terms of an entity which occurs in goal states and not in others. Usually, conceptual clusterers employ the natural hierarchy of predicates directly, and make no mention of a metric. word sets WORD SETS► Grammar abbr., abbreviate, verbabbreviation, nounabstract noun, nounaccusative, nounactive, adjectiveadj., adjective, nounadv., adverb, nounadverbial, adjectiveaffix, nounantecedent, nounapposition, nounarticle, nounaspect, nounattributive, adjectiveaux., auxiliary, nounauxiliary verb, nouncase, nouncausal, adjectiveclause, nouncollective noun, nouncommon noun, nouncomparative, adjectivecomparison, nouncomplement, nouncomplex, adjectivecompound, nounconcord, nounconcrete noun, nounconditional, adjectiveconditional, nounconj., conjugate, verbconjugation, nounconjunction, nounconnective, nounconstruction, nouncontinuous, adjectivecontraction, nouncoordinate, adjectivecoordinating conjunction, nouncopula, nouncountable, adjectivecount noun, noundative, noundeclension, noundefinite article, noundemonstrative, adjectivedemonstrative pronoun, noundependent clause, noundeterminer, noundirect discourse, noundirect object, noundirect speech, noundisjunctive, adjectiveditransitive, adjectivedouble negative, noun-ed, suffixending, noun-est, suffix-eth, suffixfeminine, adjectivefinite, adjectiveform, nounfunction word, nounfuture, adjectivegender, noungenitive, noungerund, noungradable, adjectivegrammar, noungrammarian, noungrammatical, adjectivehistoric present, nounhomonym, nounhomophone, nounimperative, adjectiveimperative, nounimpersonal, adjectiveindefinite article, nounindependent clause, nounindicative, nounindicative, adjectiveindirect discourse, nounindirect object, nounindirect speech, nouninfinitive, nouninflect, verbinflected, adjectiveinflection, noun-ing, suffixintensifier, nouninterjection, nouninterrogative, adjectiveinterrogative, nounintransitive, adjectivelinking verb, nounmain clause, nounmasculine, adjectivemodal, nounmodal auxiliary, nounmodal verb, nounmodifier, nounmodify, verbmood, nounn., neuter, adjectivenominal, adjectivenominative, nounnon-finite, adjectivenon-restrictive, adjectivenoun, nounnumber, nounobject, nounparse, verbparticipial, adjectiveparticiple, nounparticle, nounpartitive, nounpart of speech, nounpassive, adjectivepassivize, verbpast, adjectivepast participle, nounpast perfect, nounperfect participle, nounperiphrasis, nounpersonal pronoun, nounphrasal verb, nounphrase, nounpl., plural, nounplural, adjectiveplurality, nounpossessive, adjectivepossessive, nounpredeterminer, nounpredicate, nounpredicative, adjectiveprefix, nounprefix, verbprep., preposition, nounprepositional phrase, nounpres., present participle, nounprogressive, adjectivepronominal, adjectivepronoun, nounproper noun, nounpunctuate, verbpunctuation, nounqualifier, nounquantifier, nounquestion tag, nounreflexive, adjectiveregular, adjectiverelative clause, nounrelative pronoun, nounreported speech, nounrestrictive clause, nounroot, nounrule, nounrun-on sentence, nounsecond person, nounsemicolon, nounsentence, nounsentence adverb, nounsingular, adjectivesolecism, nounsplit infinitive, nounstative, adjectivestem, nounsubject, nounsubjective, adjectivesubjunctive, nounsubordinate clause, nounsubstantive, nounsuffix, nounsuperlative, adjectivesyntactic, adjectivesyntax, nountag, nountense, nountransitive, adjectiveuncountable, adjectivev., variant, nounverb, nounverbal, adjectivevocative, noun technical the part of a sentence that makes a statement about the subject, such as ‘swim’ in ‘Fish swim’ and ‘is an artist’ in ‘She is an artist’ → subject predicate1 nounpredicate2 verb predicatepred‧i‧cate2 /ˈpredɪkeɪt/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINpredicate2 Origin: 1500-1600 Late Latin past participle of praedicare; ➔ PREACH Verb Table VERB TABLE predicate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they predicate he, she, it predicates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they predicated Present perfect I, you, we, they have predicated he, she, it has predicated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had predicated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will predicate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have predicated Continuous Form Present I am predicating he, she, it is predicating you, we, they are predicating Past I, he, she, it was predicating you, we, they were predicating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been predicating he, she, it has been predicating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been predicating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be predicating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been predicating Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But we never have occasion to predicate of an object the individual and instantaneous impressions which it produces in us. Furthermore, the protection from coercion which the market system provides is predicated upon the widespread dispersion of economic power. In this sense he was predicating his examination upon the operation of a self-regulating system for both state and private economy. It is not predicated on any such view. It is not individual qualities that we ever have occasion to predicate. It was predicated on a quack cure called powder of sympathy. Social norms, social expectations, are not predicated on abusive childhoods. The only meaning of predicating a quality at all, is to affirm a resemblance. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be predicated on/upon something The company's $1.6 million budget was predicated on selling 10,000 subscriptions. A text's value rests partly then on the demand for it, and that demand is predicated on previous demand. And yet the redemption of humanity is predicated on this failure. Babylonian science was predicated on a tradition of astronomical record-keeping for strictly religious purposes. It could not be; it was predicated on the business rate. It was predicated on a quack cure called powder of sympathy. Much environmental prediction is predicated upon a logical positivist or Newtonian deterministic basis. Plans for video on-demand and other applications are predicated on imaginary customers who are expected to buy multimedia services. Samuel Richardson's Pamela is predicated on the need for a servant to resist the master's will in some things. be predicated on/upon something formal if an action or event is predicated on a belief or situation, it is based on it or depends on it:  The company’s expansion was predicated on the assumption that sales would rise.
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