predicate
Example Sentences
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"This is not predicated on your trans status, but on your criminal status."
From BBC
“This hearing, Miss ten Boom, is predicated on the assumption that you will do me that honor.”
From Literature
“We’re still optimistic for the remainder of the year, with the big caveat that it’s predicated on a more near‑term resolution to the conflict in Iran.”
After a review of the Epstein case last year, DOJ and FBI officials said in a July 2025 memo that they “did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties.”
The storytelling logic of “Dreams” is predicated on watching these characters move through space, the way we watch dancers do.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
