predicatenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈpred.ɪ.kət/us/ˈpred.ə.kət/specializedin grammar, the part of a sentence that contains the verb and gives information about the subject:
In the sentence "We went to the airport", "went to the airport" is the predicate.
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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- arose
- art
- aspect
- began
- bent
- conjugate
- ditransitive
- historic present
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the pluperfect
- the present simple
- the third person
- transitive
- wast
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predicateverb [ T ]
uk/ˈpred.ɪ.keɪt/us/ˈpred.ɪ.keɪt/formalto say that something is true:
[ + that ] It would be unwise to predicate that the disease is caused by a virus before further tests have been carried out.
be predicated on sth
If an idea or argument is predicated on something, it depends on the existence or truth of this thing:
The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four percent.
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Announcing, informing & stating
- acquaint sb/yourself with sth
- advise
- advisement
- annunciation
- awake
- come out
- confront
- declare
- fyi
- give sb a heads up idiom
- hand
- head
- let sb know idiom
- official
- pronouncement
- put
- put sth out 1
- spread the word idiom
- tell
- unannounced
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Being based on or depending on something