1. the part of a sentence that tells what the subject does or what is said about the subject
Usage: grammar

1. to base something on a particular belief, idea, or situation
Usage: formal
2. to state or assert something about a subject
Usage: formal

Examples

• In the sentence ‘The dog barks loudly,’ the predicate is ‘barks loudly.’
• Every complete sentence must have a subject and a predicate.
• The company’s success is predicated on customer satisfaction.
• Their argument was predicated on false assumptions.
• The theory predicates that all matter is composed of atoms.
• She predicated her decision on careful research.
• The simple predicate in that sentence is just the verb ‘ran.’