Predicate
Involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic
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Solving the problem is predicated on understanding it well
One of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements
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Affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of
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The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President
(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
Make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition
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The predicate `dog' is predicated of the subject `Fido' in the sentence `Fido is a dog'