Online English Dictionary

1. (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula; "′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

1. make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition; "The predicate ′dog′ is predicated of the subject ′Fido′ in the sentence ′Fido is a dog′"

2. affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of; "The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President"

3. involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic; "solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well"

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