predict
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell: to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
to foretell the future; make a prediction.
Origin of predict
1synonym study For predict
Other words for predict
Other words from predict
- pre·dict·a·ble, adjective
- pre·dict·a·bil·i·ty, noun
- mis·pre·dict, verb
- un·pre·dict·ed, adjective
- un·pre·dict·ing, adjective
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How to use predict in a sentence
Though the veteran politician is still predicted to win reelection in the deep-red state, Harrison poses a serious threat to Graham’s campaign.
Jaime Harrison Says He Feels ‘A Little Sad’ For Lindsey Graham | Hope Wright | September 17, 2020 | Essence.comCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Director Robert Redfield predicted Wednesday that most of the American public will not have access to a vaccine against the novel coronavirus until late spring or summer of next year.
Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine; Biden says Americans shouldn’t trust Trump | Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostWith the mechanism behind mantling unmasked, a third partner—Orion Genomics, a private startup founded by Martienssen—was able to develop a simple DNA test that predicts whether a designer seedling will bear robust or withered fruit.
The Environmental Headache in Your Shampoo - Issue 90: Something Green | Anastasia Bendebury & Michael Shilo DeLay | September 16, 2020 | NautilusTypically, water utilities set water prices a year in advance by trying to predict how much people will need.
Environment Report: State Throws Cold Water on Pricing Scheme | MacKenzie Elmer | September 14, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAnother thankless task for brands is predicting where people are going to be spending their days.
Deep Dive: How the Summer of 2020 forced brand marketing to change for the better | jim cooper | September 14, 2020 | Digiday
But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races | David Freedlander | January 9, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTA successful trend-maker might be able to steer a conversation, but virality remains extremely difficult to predict.
They predict the government of President Petro Poroshenko may not last another three months.
Experts [predict] that over a million people in the region need food aid to allay shortages.
Now, several reports predict the coming months could be devastating.
I predict that, in one month from the date of this letter, there will not be an Austrian or Prussian cartridge found in France.
I found it on all occasions extremely sensible, and very often to predict a change of wind much sooner than the barometer.
Spain is a country of surprises and of contradictions; even her own people seem unable to predict what may happen on the morrow.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetIf everything came out it did not require any great effort of prophecy to predict what the result would be.
The Gold Bat | P. G. WodehouseI venture to predict in advance, that the degree of success is mainly within their control.
Thoughts on Educational Topics and Institutions | George S. Boutwell
British Dictionary definitions for predict
/ (prɪˈdɪkt) /
(tr; may take a clause as object) to state or make a declaration about in advance, esp on a reasoned basis; foretell
Origin of predict
1Derived forms of predict
- predictable, adjective
- predictability or predictableness, noun
- predictably, adverb
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