MEANING
To base a claim, plan, or conclusion on a stated condition or assumption.
Use it for
conditional forecasts; policy premises; dependence on assumptionsExpose the assumption on which a conclusion rests.
Words that belong together
- be predicated on an assumption
- predicate a claim on
- predicated on cooperation
On the page
The forecast is predicated on stable energy prices.
They predicated the agreement on access to an independent audit.
A policy predicated on universal internet access will miss many households.
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Word forms
- Base
- predicate / predicates
- Past tense
- predicated
- Past participle
- predicated
- Present participle
- predicating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- predicate / predicates
- Present continuous
- am/is/are predicating
- Present perfect
- have/has predicated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been predicating
- Past
- predicated
- Past continuous
- was/were predicating
- Past perfect
- had predicated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been predicating
- Future
- will predicate / predicates
- Future continuous
- will be predicating
- Future perfect
- will have predicated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been predicating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic. Formal; usually be predicated on. This differs from the grammatical noun predicate. The verb does not mean predict. Verb inflections [base, third-person singular, past, past participle, -ing]: predicate, predicates, predicated, predicated, predicating. Derived family (not inflections): predication.
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