Pronunciation IPA (key): /ˈprɛdɪkət/ Audio (UK)(file) Noun Singular predicate Plural predicates (grammar) A predicate is the head of a clause and says something about the subject. Verb Plain form predicate Third-person singular predicates Past tense predicated Past participle predicated Present participle predicating (transitive) If you predicate something, you state or assert it. (intransitive) If you predicate that something is true, you state that it is true. The article predicates that the market collapse was caused by weakness of the dollar. More information Grammar (edit), parts of speech ... Grammar (edit) parts of speech noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection grammatical functions head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement- adjunct - determiner/specifier clauses main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause CloseWikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.