- predict
- verbADVERB▪ correctly, reliably, successfully▪ incorrectly, wrongly▪ accurately, exactly, precisely, with accuracy, with precision▪
You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy.
▪ boldly, confidently, with certainty, with confidence▪The author boldly predicts the end of the Communist Party's rule.
▪It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have.
▪We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react.
▪ reasonably, safely▪We can reasonably predict what is going to happen.
▪I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict.
▪ easily▪Every step in the movie is easily predicted.
▪ initially, originally▪ consistentlyVERB + PREDICT▪ be able to, be unable to, can▪ attempt to, try to▪ dare (to)▪Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory.
▪ fail to▪ be early to▪It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise.
▪ be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to▪ be easy to, be possible to▪ be reasonable to, be safe to▪It is safe to predict that this trend will persist.
▪ use sth to▪a computer model used to predict future weather patterns
▪ allow sb to, enable sb to, help (sb) (to)▪Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball.
▪Computer programs are used to help predict the weather.
PREPOSITION▪ from▪We can predict from this information what is likely to happen next.
PHRASES▪ be widely predicted▪This result had been widely predicted by the opinion polls.
Predict is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑estimate, ↑expert, ↑forecast, ↑hypothesis, ↑observer, ↑report, ↑theoryPredict is used with these nouns as the object: ↑collapse, ↑consequence, ↑demise, ↑disaster, ↑earthquake, ↑effect, ↑eruption, ↑fate, ↑future, ↑impact, ↑increase, ↑likelihood, ↑occurrence, ↑outcome, ↑probability, ↑recovery, ↑response, ↑return, ↑risk, ↑success, ↑upturn, ↑weather
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predict — pre‧dict [prɪˈdɪkt] verb [transitive] to say what you think will happen: • Wall Street had been predicting a quarterly profit of 5 cents per share. predict that • Economists are predicting that growth will slow. • Unemployment is predicted to… … Financial and business terms
Predict — Pre*dict , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Predicted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Predicting}.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See {Diction}, and cf. {Preach}.] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Predict — Pre*dict , n. A prediction. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
predict — I verb adumbrate, advise, announce in advance, anticipate, augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, divine, envision, forebode, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, forespeak, foretell, foretoken, forewarn, give notice, herald, indicate,… … Law dictionary
predict — (v.) 1620s, foretell, prophesy, from L. praedicatus, pp. of praedicere foretell, advise, give notice, from prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + dicere to say (see DICTION (Cf. diction)). Scientific sense of to have as a deducible consequence is… … Etymology dictionary
predict — *foretell, forecast, prophesy, prognosticate, augur, presage, portend, forebode Analogous words: *foresee, foreknow, divine: *warn, forewarn, caution: surmise, Conjecture, guess … New Dictionary of Synonyms
predict — [v] express an outcome in advance adumbrate, anticipate, augur, be afraid, call, call it, conclude, conjecture, croak, crystal ball* divine, envision, figure, figure out, forebode, forecast, foresee, forespeak, foretell, gather, guess, have a… … New thesaurus
predict — ► VERB ▪ state that (a specified event) will happen in the future. DERIVATIVES predictive adjective predictor noun. ORIGIN Latin praedicere make known beforehand, declare … English terms dictionary
predict — [prē dikt′, pridikt′] vt., vi. [< L praedictus, pp. of praedicere < prae , before (see PRE ) + dicere, to tell: see DICTION] to say in advance (what one believes will happen); foretell (a future event or events) predictability n.… … English World dictionary
predict — predictable, adj. predictability, n. predictably, adv. /pri dikt /, v.t. 1. to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization. v.i. 2. to foretell the future; make a prediction. [1540 … Universalium