predicate
[verb]
Synonyms: assert, affirm, aver, avouch, avow, constate, declare, depose, profess, protest, base, bottom, establish, found, ground, rest, stay

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I. pred‧i‧cate¹ /ˈpredɪkət, ˈpredɪkɪt/ noun [countable]
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

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II. pred‧i‧cate² /ˈpredəkeɪt, ˈpredɪkeɪt/ verb
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin; Origin: past participle of praedicare; ⇒ preach]
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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