to predicate
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8.8
- verb
- /ˈprɛdɪˌkeɪt/
- Formal
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basar (en)
- Your success in this role is predicated on your ability to work well with others.
- predicated on the assumption
- predicated on the belief
- predicated on suspicion
Those jobs are predicated on there being stuff on the shelves.
- Those jobs are predicated on there being stuff on the shelves.
- Especially if all your actions are predicated on not expecting them to buy it.
- Well, because it's our system is predicated on blackmail.
- So to me, the West is predicated on one simple fact.
- Clearly, the development of smallpox vaccine was predicated on several aspects of the virus.
- It's rarely predicated on one fill in the holiday.
- But the Stokes would say the problem with that is it's all predicated on stuff that you don't control.
- I am stunned by how almost binary my judgement is completely predicated on intent.
- But as a result, I always thought that my worth as a person was predicated on keeping other people happy.
- It's hard to get it going in the right direction, but my entire world view is predicated on, and all of my actions are predicated on.
- A man can be good, but his ability to be good to you is also predicated on him understanding what you need.
Examples
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Management of the Radon Program's decentralized system is predicated on four basic operating principles.
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Our existence as Americans is predicated on other people's suffering.
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Because free will is predicated on understanding truth.
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So to me, the West is predicated on one simple fact.
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But as a result, I always thought that my worth as a person was predicated on keeping other people happy.
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A man can be good, but his ability to be good to you is also predicated on him understanding what you need.
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So in fact, a very great deal of European expansion was predicated on the idea of of trade.
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Your destiny, your future is not predicated on the decision of someone else.
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The very existence of this park is predicated on our ability to handle incidents like this.
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All of these different theories are predicated on some account of the structure of human psychology.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A system of logic that studies statements about things and words like 'all' and 'some'
Surface Forms
Etymology
Predicated as in 'predicated on' comes from the same Latin praedicare, which meant 'to say', and it grew to mean 'to base' or set something on a fact or condition.