Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
predict en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Early 17th century, from Latin praedicō (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + dīcō (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay.
Meanings
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(obsolete) A prediction.
Or say with Princes if it shall go well, / By oft predict that I in heaven find.
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 14”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
Forms
predict en · VERB
Pronunciation
Etymology
Early 17th century, from Latin praedicō (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + dīcō (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay.
Meanings
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(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
After he had renounced his fathers bishoprick of Valentia in Spaine... and to attaine by degrees the Maiesty of Cesar, was created Duke of that place, gaue for his poesie, Aut Cesar, aut nihil. which being not fauoured from the heauens, had presently the euent the same predicted.
1590, E. Daunce, A Briefe Discourse on the Spanish State, section 40:Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying.
2000 July 8, J. K. Rowling [pseudonym; Joanne Rowling], “Mad-Eye Moody”, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter; 4), London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 171:The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
2012, Jeremy Bernstein, “A Palette of Particles”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 146:
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(of theories, qualifier:laws, transitive, usually) To imply.
It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo.
1886, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 177. 338:For both men and women, greater symmetry predicted a larger number of past sex partners.
1996 June 3, Geoffrey Cowley, “The biology of beauty”, in Newsweek:
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(intransitive) To make predictions.
The devil can both predict and make predictors.
1652, J. Gaule, Πυς-μαντια the mag-astro-mancer, 196
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(rare, transitive) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
They're predicting us now; looks like a barrage.
1943, L. Cheshire, Bomber Pilot, iii. 57:
Forms
Antonyms
retrodict
Deriveds
underpredicting · repredict · unpredicted · mispredict · overpredict · predictedly · predictory · unpredict · predicter · hopedict · underpredict · underpredicted · predictingly · outpredict
Hyponyms
scry
Relateds
predictively · predictive · intuit · portend · predictability · precognitive · oracle · predictor · predictably · prediction · predictable · predictiveness · precognition · divination
Synonyms
forespell · bode · foreshadow · prophesy · halsen · foresee · prognosticate · augur · foretell · forehold · divine · anticipate · presage · call · predict · forespeak · forecast · foredeem
Translations (100)
hy կանխատեսել (to state, or make something known in advance) · sk predpovedať (to state, or make something known in advance) · is spá (to state, or make something known in advance) · sh predskazati (to state, or make something known in advance) · sw bashiri (to foretell or prophesy) · km ចាប់យាម (to state, or make something known in advance) · mi matakite (to state, or make something known in advance) · ko 예언하다 (to state, or make something known in advance) · fa پیشگویی (to state, or make something known in advance) · egy s-r-E27-A2 (to state, or make something known in advance) · fr prédire (to state, or make something known in advance) · la cano (to foretell or prophesy) · ast predicir (to state, or make something known in advance) · mk предвиди (to state, or make something known in advance) · uk передбачити (to state, or make something known in advance) · ru предска́зывать (to state, or make something known in advance) · la praeloquor (to state, or make something known in advance) · tr öngörmek (to state, or make something known in advance) · nb spå (to state, or make something known in advance) · ru предсказа́ть (to foretell or prophesy) · uk передбачувати (to state, or make something known in advance) · sh prognozirati (to state, or make something known in advance) · vo büosagön (to state, or make something known in advance) · th ทำนาย (to state, or make something known in advance) · non spá (to state, or make something known in advance) · ta கணி (to state, or make something known in advance) · vi dự báo (to state, or make something known in advance) · ga tuar (to state, or make something known in advance) · ru предсказа́ть (to state, or make something known in advance) · pt predizer (to state, or make something known in advance) · sw bashiri (to state, or make something known in advance) · la praecaveo (to foretell or prophesy) · ru предска́зывать (to foretell or prophesy) · ga réamhaithris (to state, or make something known in advance) · ar تَنَبَّأَ (to state, or make something known in advance) · fi ennustaa (to foretell or prophesy) · bg прогнозирам (to state, or make something known in advance) · cs předpovědět (to state, or make something known in advance) · io predicar (to state, or make something known in advance) · lv paredzēt (to state, or make something known in advance) · grc θεσπίζω (to foretell or prophesy) · de vorhersagen (to state, or make something known in advance) · hu megjósol (to state, or make something known in advance) · bg пророкувам (to foretell or prophesy) · ru предрека́ть (to foretell or prophesy) · eu aurresan (to state, or make something known in advance) · ru предре́чь (to foretell or prophesy) · la ōminor (to state, or make something known in advance) · et ennustama (to state, or make something known in advance) · la provideo (to foretell or prophesy) · egy s-r-E27-A2 (to foretell or prophesy) · io augurar (to foretell or prophesy) · el προφητεύω (to foretell or prophesy) · it predire (to state, or make something known in advance) · pl przewidzieć (to state, or make something known in advance) · mi matapae (to state, or make something known in advance) · ja 予言する (to state, or make something known in advance) · fr prédire (to foretell or prophesy) · lo ທຳນວາຍ (to state, or make something known in advance) · fi ennustaa (to state, or make something known in advance) · pl przewidywać (to state, or make something known in advance) · ko 예측하다 (to state, or make something known in advance) · pt prever (to foretell or prophesy) · km ទាយ (to state, or make something known in advance) · hu előrejelez (to state, or make something known in advance) · la caveo (to foretell or prophesy) · sco spae (to state, or make something known in advance) · io predicar (to foretell or prophesy) · ast augurar (to state, or make something known in advance) · cs předpovídat (to state, or make something known in advance) · sh predvidjeti (to state, or make something known in advance) · cmn 預判 /预判 (to state, or make something known in advance) · la ōminor (to foretell or prophesy) · om raajuu (to foretell or prophesy) · sv förutsäga (to state, or make something known in advance) · sv spå (to state, or make something known in advance) · nl voorspellen (to state, or make something known in advance) · it profetizzare (to foretell or prophesy) · cmn 預言 /预言 (to foretell or prophesy) · el προβλέπω (to state, or make something known in advance) · sv sia (to state, or make something known in advance) · bg предсказвам (to state, or make something known in advance) · fi ennakoida (to state, or make something known in advance) · de prophezeien (to foretell or prophesy) · bg предскажа (to state, or make something known in advance) · la praeloquor (to foretell or prophesy) · pms predì (to state, or make something known in advance) · la praedico (to state, or make something known in advance) · tr tahmin etmek (to state, or make something known in advance) · ia predicer (to state, or make something known in advance) · mk предвидува (to state, or make something known in advance) · ro prezice (to state, or make something known in advance) · grc προθεσπίζω (to foretell or prophesy) · cmn 預測 /预测 (to state, or make something known in advance) · mi poropiti (to foretell or prophesy) · ast augurar (to foretell or prophesy) · es predecir (to state, or make something known in advance) · ca predir (to state, or make something known in advance) · la cano (to state, or make something known in advance) · cs předvídat (to state, or make something known in advance)