predict
verb
transitive verb
intransitive verb
Synonyms
- augur
- call
- forecast
- foretell
- presage
- prognosticate
- prophesy
- read
- vaticinate
Example Sentences
WIRED, 18 Sep. 2022 Long-term, a big challenge will be batteries, say analysts who predict that shortages of battery raw ingredients could curtail auto makers’ production plans as early as mid-decade. Mike Colias, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022 They were shocked to hear Barclays analyst Ingrid Sternby predict that copper would hit new highs as Chinese demand exceeded supply. Jack Farchy, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2022 The study suggests that data on sea ice thickness during the summer can help predict the total area of ice that’s left over in September, when the summer ends. Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2022 Viewers will get real-time access to what the NFL calls Next Gen Stats, which use machine learning to help predict metrics such as pass completion and rushing yards. Rishi Iyengar, CNN, 15 Sep. 2022 Zalinger, a thought-reader, hypnotist & paranormal entertainer, will divine the thoughts of attendees, answer audience members’ questions, and predict their actions. Hartford Courant, 13 Sep. 2022 Murgatroyd investigates land-use changes on Verreaux’s Eagles and monitors GPS tracking to understand and predict wind turbine-collision risks for those eagles to try and minimize the negative effects of development on the birds. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022 The disengagement limit, which some players predict will beneft baserunners, would be reset if a runner advances. Ronald Blum, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2022 See More Word History
Latin praedictus, past participle of praedicere, from prae- pre- + dicere to say — more at diction
1590, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
Kids Definition
predict
verb
predict
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- anticipate
- read
- foretell
- forecast
- prognosticate
- warn
- presage
- foresee
- announce
- prophesy
- call
- augur
- promise
- portend
- forewarn
- bode
- vaticinate
- declare
- alert
- forebode
- caution
- proclaim
- foreknow
- herald
- divine
- forbode
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- describe
- tell
- relate
- report
- recite
- narrate
- recount
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of predict are forecast, foretell, prognosticate, and prophesy. While all these words mean "to tell beforehand," predict commonly implies inference from facts or accepted laws of nature.
Forecast adds the implication of anticipating eventualities and differs from predict in being usually concerned with probabilities rather than certainties.
While the synonyms foretell and predict are close in meaning, foretell applies to the telling of the coming of a future event by any procedure or any source of information.
Prognosticate is used less often than the other words; it may suggest learned or skilled interpretation, but more often it is simply a colorful substitute for predict or prophesy.
The words prophesy and predict can be used in similar contexts, but prophesy connotes inspired or mystic knowledge of the future especially as the fulfilling of divine threats or promises.