(v. t.) To assert to belong to something; to affirm (one thing of another); as, to predicate whiteness of snow.
(v. t.) To found; to base.
(v. i.) To affirm something of another thing; to make an affirmation.
(v. t.) That which is affirmed or denied of the subject. In these propositions, "Paper is white," "Ink is not white," whiteness is the predicate affirmed of paper and denied of ink.
(v. t.) The word or words in a proposition which express what is affirmed of the subject.
(a.) Predicated.
Example Sentences:
(1) His proposals are therefore predicated on a cut in potential income for EU migrants being sufficient to slow the numbers of poorer EU migrants coming to the UK.
(2) Clinical evaluation and management should be predicated upon pathophysiologic considerations, with examination technique and extent individualized for each case.
(3) Such an overall approach, here developed from the model of carrageenin-induced inflammation, also predicates that lysosomal enzymes, lipid peroxide and proamidase (related, respectively, to the inflammatory response in a narrow sense, to tissue damage and to tissue repair) are three basic parameters required when studying inflammatory processes.
(4) Interpretation of plasma concentration data during encainide therapy is predicated on an understanding of the role of active metabolites during treatment.
(5) Their use must be predicated by a differentiation of which arterial segments are hemodynamically involved, yet this determination may not be possible even after extensive noninvasive and invasive investigation.
(6) This level of diagnostic skills is predicated upon the ability to make a judgment on the basis of inherently ill-defined and insufficient data or, in other words, upon the ability to use rules and procedures of clinical inference.
(7) Immunologic mechanisms involved in tumor cell destruction are predicated principally on in vitro procedures, but the relevancy of these experimental observations to the actual events in vivo remains unclear and unresolved.
(8) Therefore, although impaired breathing may complicate swallowing dysfunction and vice versa, it does not appear that one can be predicated from the other.
(9) Appropriate changes in public health policy need not be predicated on results from still further studies.
(10) Since my correspondent refused to be named, I felt there was little to be gained from meeting him as my deservedly award-winning non-fiction had always been predicated on full disclosure.
(11) Although chest radiology is the first imaging option in evaluating patients for pulmonary manifestations of drug toxicity, the limitations of the pattern approach often predicate the use of other imaging techniques in addition to clinical and laboratory evaluation.
(12) These studies were predicated on observations that subjects who were more resistant to SMS had higher plasma AVP after severe nausea than subjects with lower resistances.
(13) The present discussion suggests an alternative explanation making reference to text-level representations, and particularly to the lexicalization of predicates.
(14) Their starting predicate – that the old ways of traditional media are inefficient and scream to be changed – is one reason why Google has fundamentally misread the reaction of publishers and authors to its quest to digitise the 20m or so books ever published.
(15) Most of the research on the regulation of immune responses has been predicated on the assumption that such regulation is accomplished by the interacting components of the immune system itself, e.g.
(16) Reliance on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) of the thyroid as the key determinant whether to observe only or proceed surgically is predicated on achieving a minimal false-negative error rate (the incidence of malignant disease in nodules diagnosed benign by means of FNA).
(17) "Ninety-nine per cent of decisions are predicated on feelings – instinctive, emotional, fears, conflicts, unresolved childhood problems.
(18) Furthermore, equivalency and superiority of antigingivitis agents or devices should be predicated, at least in part, on their ability to prevent the onset of periodontitis.
(19) The assay is predicated on the ability of immobilized monoclonal antibody to distinguish glycated albumin from all other plasma proteins, followed by detection and quantitation of the bound glycoalbumin with an enzyme-conjugated second antibody directed against human albumin.
(20) It was a voice that was predicated on inclusion and difference, multiple perspectives not a single dominant view.
Statement
Definition:
(n.) The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.
(n.) That which is stated; a formal embodiment in language of facts or opinions; a narrative; a recital.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unfortunately, due to confidentiality clauses that have been imposed on us by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, we are unable to provide our full names and … titles … However, we believe the evidence that will be submitted will validate the statements that we are making in this submission.” The submission detailed specific allegations – including names and dates – of sexual abuse of child detainees, violence and bullying of children, suicide attempts by children and medical neglect.
(2) Of course the job is not done and we will continue to remain vigilant to all risks, particularly when the global economic situation is so uncertain,” the chancellor said in a statement.
(3) A statement from the company said it had assigned all its assets for the benefit of creditors, in accordance with Massachusetts' law.
(4) As May delivered her statement in the chamber, police helicopters hovered overhead and a police cordon remained in place around Westminster, but MPs from across the political spectrum were determined to show that they were continuing with business as usual.
(5) So too his statement that "in Zulu culture you cannot leave a woman if she is ready.
(6) We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution,” a Target spokeswoman, Molly Snyder, said in an emailed statement.
(7) 12pm, Channel 4 press office: "I refer you to the statement put out last night."
(8) In conjunction with the development of a computerized goal-oriented record system at Forest Hospital Des Plaines, Illinois, research staff developed a psychiatric goal list from goal statements most frequently used at the hospital.
(9) Local and international media and watchdog organisations such as the World Association of Newspapers , Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders have issued statements strongly condemning the prison sentence.
(10) Whilst we deeply regret all these incidents and acknowledge that the care of these patients could have been better, this is a relatively low number of incidents for a hospital of this size,” it said in a statement.
(11) In a statement the Los Angeles County department of public health said: "Though legionella bacteria was identified in a water sample taken from the Playboy Mansion, this bacteria has not been determined as the source of the respiratory outbreak.
(12) In a statement, a St James's Palace spokesman said: "The Duchess of Cambridge has been discharged from the King Edward VII hospital and will now head to Kensington Palace for a period of rest.
(13) Pressure test and impact test are leading to different strength statements.
(14) • Written, oral and video statements of self-incrimination and self-renunciation by the detainees, apparently induced by the authorities, have been released through official media channels (for example, lawyer Zhang Kai was induced to make such a statement, which he later retracted).
(15) However, financial markets seem unconcerned: 10-year gilts have rallied since the statement.
(16) A statement from the club read: "Everybody at Sheffield United is extremely shocked and saddened to learn of the death of former player and manager Gary Speed.
(17) I suppose he’ll have to go to QPR.” Lampard released a statement confirming his departure from Chelsea that read: “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.
(18) The report says this tactic has helped the west uncover at least one of Iran's secret nuclear sites and, according to official statements by the Iranians, has caused enrichment centrifuges to break.
(19) Their only clues were two statements involving contrasting mental terms, with each statement referring to one of the possible hiding places.
(20) According to Israeli media reports, the US statement had caused "senior officials in Jerusalem to tear out their hair".