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Definition of Predict
1. Verb. Make a prediction about; tell in advance. "Call the outcome of an election"
Specialized synonyms: Read, Outguess, Second-guess, Augur, Bet, Wager, Calculate, Forecast, Prophesy, Vaticinate
Generic synonyms: Guess, Hazard, Pretend, Venture
Derivative terms: Anticipatory, Foreboding, Foreboding, Foretelling, Prediction, Predictive, Predictor, Prognosis, Prognostication, Prognostication, Prognosticative, Prognosticator
2. Verb. Indicate by signs. "These signs bode bad news"
Specialized synonyms: Threaten, Foreshow
Generic synonyms: Bespeak, Betoken, Indicate, Point, Signal
Derivative terms: Augur, Auspice, Forecast, Foreshadowing, Omen, Portent, Predictive, Prefigurative, Presage, Prognosis, Prognostication
Definition of Predict
1. v. t. To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.
2. n. A prediction.
Definition of Predict
1. Verb. (transitive) To state, or make something known in advance, especially using inference or special knowledge. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To believe or hold to be true in advance; forehold; surmise. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To foretell, foresee or prophesy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Predict
1. to tell of or about in advance [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Predict
Literary usage of Predict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meteorology: A Text-book on the Weather, the Causes of Its Changes, and by Willis Isbister Milham (1912)
"The brief rule is then to determine first if the probable drop in temperature
will \K sufficient to cause a cold wave, and then to predict it for an area ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"Causes of mine explosions were briefly discussed, the speaker also pointing out
that it would be of great value to be able to predict the explosive ..."
3. Technology Review by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Association of Class Secretaries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association (1901)
"And it would be quite safe to predict as the result of such measurements i proof
that real culture comes not from the subjects taught, but from the way the ..."
4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"is difficult to predict the future, but there is no doubt that since its publication
it has given direction and colour to the study of Electrical Science. ..."
5. Historical Account of the Most Celebrated Voyages, Travels, and Discoveries by William Fordyce Mavor (1801)
"... they venture to predict, that bis conduct will be fimilar to that of its former
... predict ..."
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