be predicated on/upon something

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe predicated on/upon somethingbe predicated on/upon somethingformalCOME FROM/ORIGINATE 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. → predicateExamples from the Corpusbe predicated on/upon something• Much environmental prediction is predicated upon a logical positivist or Newtonian deterministic basis.• It was predicated on a quack cure called powder of sympathy.• Babylonian science was predicated on a tradition of astronomical record-keeping for strictly religious purposes.• Plans for video on-demand and other applications are predicated on imaginary customers who are expected to buy multimedia services.• A text's value rests partly then on the demand for it, and that demand is predicated on previous demand.• The company's $1.6 million budget was predicated on selling 10,000 subscriptions.• It could not be; it was predicated on the business rate.• Samuel Richardson's Pamela is predicated on the need for a servant to resist the master's will in some things.• And yet the redemption of humanity is predicated on this failure.

单词	be predicated on/upon something
释义	be predicated on/upon something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe predicated on/upon somethingbe predicated on/upon somethingformalCOME FROM/ORIGINATE 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. → predicateExamples from the Corpusbe predicated on/upon something• Much environmental prediction is predicated upon a logical positivist or Newtonian deterministic basis.• It was predicated on a quack cure called powder of sympathy.• Babylonian science was predicated on a tradition of astronomical record-keeping for strictly religious purposes.• Plans for video on-demand and other applications are predicated on imaginary customers who are expected to buy multimedia services.• A text's value rests partly then on the demand for it, and that demand is predicated on previous demand.• The company's $1.6 million budget was predicated on selling 10,000 subscriptions.• It could not be; it was predicated on the business rate.• Samuel Richardson's Pamela is predicated on the need for a servant to resist the master's will in some things.• And yet the redemption of humanity is predicated on this failure.
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