1. Base or establish (a statement or action)
   "He predicated his argument on solid evidence"
    
2. Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
   "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President";
   - proclaim
    
3. Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
   "The predicate ‘dog’ is predicated of the subject ‘Fido’ in the sentence ‘Fido is a dog’"
    
4. (logic) assert something about the subject; make a subject have a property or relation
   "The statement 'all metals conduct electricity' predicates conductivity of metals"

1. (grammar) function as the predicate in a proposition
   "‘Socrates is a man’ predicates manhood of Socrates"
    
2. One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
   "In 'She has been singing all day', 'has been singing all day' is a predicate";
   - verb phrase

Derived forms: predicating, predicates, predicated

Type of: assert, asseverate [archaic], imply, interrelate, maintain, phrase, relate, term

Encyclopedia: Predicate