Real Dictionary

predicate
If you say that one situation is predicated on another, you mean that the first situation can be true or real only if the second one is true or real.
countable noun: In some systems of grammar, the predicate of a clause is the part of it that is not the subject. For example, in 'I decided what to do', 'decided what to do' is the predicate.

predicate in American English
to proclaim; preach; declare; affirm
adjective: predicated
intransitive verb: to make an affirmation or assertion
noun: a syntactic unit that functions as one of the two main constituents of a simple sentence, the other being the subject, and that consists of a verb, which in English may agree with the subject in number, and of all the words governed by the verb or modifyi
transitive verb: to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert

predicate in British English
noun: the part of a sentence in which something is asserted or denied of the subject of a sentence; one of the two major components of a sentence, the other being the subject
verb: to proclaim, declare, or affirm