1. predicate - Noun
2. predicate - Adjective
3. predicate - Verb
To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
To found; to base.
To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.
The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
Predicated.
Source: Webster's dictionaryI believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis. Al Gore
Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next. Maya Lin
Representative democracy deserves the predicate "democratic” only if and when parliamentarians genuinely represent their constituents. Alfred de Zayas
[A serialist]... checks the relevance of the information entering his list by forming single predicate hypotheses .... A structure is built up in orderly stages. Gordon Pask
solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well Source: Internet
`Socrates is a man' predicates manhood of Socrates Source: Internet