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English

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Verb

  1. to state, or make something known in advance, especially using inference or special knowledge
  2. to foretell or prophesy


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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 prophesy; to
presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of
a comet.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
foreshow; bode.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Predict \Pre*dict"\, n.
A prediction. [Obs.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet predict
v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: foretell, prognosticate, call,
forebode, anticipate, promise]
2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
forecast]
Moby Dictionary
adumbrate , anticipate , approach , augur , auspicate , await ,
be destined , be fated , be imminent , be to be , be to come , bet ,
call , cast a horoscope , cast a nativity , come , come on , conclude ,
conjecture , contemplate , divine , dope , dope out , dowse for water ,
draw near , draw on , envisage , envision , expect , forebode , forecast ,
foreglimpse , foresee , foreshadow , foreshow , foretaste , foretell ,
foretoken , forewarn , fortune-tell , gamble , gather , guess ,
hariolate , have a hunch , have an intimation , hazard a conjecture ,
hint , hope , infer , intimate , judge , lie ahead , look ahead ,
look beyond , look for , look forward to , loom , make a prediction ,
make a prognosis , make a prophecy , make book , near , omen , plan ,
plot , portend , prefigure , presage , presume , prognosticate , project ,
prophesy , read palms , read tea leaves , read the future , risk ,
see ahead , see beforehand , shadow , shadow forth , soothsay ,
speculate , suggest , suppose , surmise , take a chance , tell fortunes ,
tell the future , think , threaten , vaticinate


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