Past tense of predicate
regular verb
The past tense of predicate is predicated. The past participle is also predicated.
Forms of predicate
| Base form (V1) | predicate /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kət/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | predicated /ˈpɹɛdɪˌkeɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | predicated /ˈpɹɛdɪˌkeɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | predicating |
| Third person singular | predicates /ˈpɹɛdɪkəts/ |
Predicated in a sentence
- The law is what constitutes both desire and the lack on which it is predicated.1978, Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge, trans. Robert Hurley (Penguin 1998, page 81)
- For example, in They appear uneasy, the property of being uneasy is predicated of (the referent of) they, which is therefore the predicand.From the entry predicand
- Eliminationism is often voiced as crude “jokes,” a sense of humor inevitably predicated on venomous hatred.2016, David Neiwert, Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, →ISBN. From the entry eliminationism
- Further, let's call a predicate superplural if it can be predicated of superplural terms.2008 July, Øystein Linnebo, David Nicolas, “Superplurals in English”, in Michael Clark, editor, Analysis, volume 68, number 3 (New Series…. From the entry superplural
- The characteristics ‘terrestrial’ and ‘two-footed’ are predicated of the species ‘man’, but not present in it.1928, E. M. Edghill, Categories, translation of original by Aristotle. From the entry moreover
Meaning of predicate
- noun The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by.
- noun A term of a statement, where the statement may be true or false depending on whether the thing referred to by the values of the statement's variables has the property signified by that (predicative) term.
- noun An operator, expression, or function that returns either true or false.
Questions about the past tense of predicate
- What is the past tense of predicate?
- The past tense of predicate is predicated.
- What is the past participle of predicate?
- The past participle of predicate is predicated.
- Is predicate a regular or irregular verb?
- Predicate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: predicate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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