predicating
present participle ofpredicate
| 单词 | predicating |
| 释义 | predicating present participle ofpredicate predicate verb[T] formaluk/ˈpred.ɪ.keɪt/us/ˈpred.ɪ.keɪt/to say that something istrue: [+ that]It would beunwiseto predicatethatthediseaseiscausedby avirusbeforefurthertestshave beencarriedout. be predicated onsomething If anideaorargumentis predicated on something, itdependson theexistenceortruthof this thing: Thesalesforecastis predicated on theassumptionthat theeconomywillgrowby fourpercent. Announcing, informing & stating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Being based on or depending on something Examplesofpredicatingpredicating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The process of modification involves a modifierpredicatingitself of exactly the same event that the verb is predicated of. From theCambridge English Corpus Predicatingsome predicate of a thing can be done in both asserted and unasserted contexts. From theCambridge English Corpus She compares the three word classes in functional terms and assigns verbs apredicatingand nouns a referent-introducing function. From theCambridge English Corpus The t unvoices the possessive s and makes its sound less like a warm, fuzzy syntax word, and more like apredicatingwannabe. From theCambridge English Corpus A scrutiny of the so-called objects we coded in the syntax factor group suggests that many, if not most, have apredicatingfunction. From theCambridge English Corpus Necessity, by contrast, is not merely a meta-attribute but also a mode of predication, since necessity can be seen to govern the very act ofpredicatingattributes of a subject. From theCambridge English Corpus Compare, for example, the sign 'fall ' when referring to an animate referent and the same concept whenpredicatingover an inanimate referent. From theCambridge English Corpus He ispredicatingcertain things about the middle or central area. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is notpredicatinga real possibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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