predicate

Example Sentences

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They can examine whether the fund itself is lawful as a predicate to deciding whether the individual should get relief.

From Slate • May 22, 2026

You would think that by the logic of such trauma I would have become a peace activist, but it became for me a predicate to conservatism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“A new law enforcement strategy that investigates all participants in these criminal and terroristic conspiracies — including the organized structures, networks, entities, organizations, funding sources, and predicate actions behind them — is required.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2025

That statement noted that a recent, thorough review of FBI records related to the Epstein case uncovered "no evidence to predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties".

From BBC • Jul. 22, 2025

Subjects are special: all verbs have one, and it sits outside the verb phrase, occupying one of the two major branches of the clause, the other being the predicate.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker