predict
verb (used with object)
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell.
had predicted
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past perfectof predict.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Officials had predicted that tides in Southern California would be 1 foot to 1.5 feet above normal what would ordinarily be expected without the abnormally warm ocean temperatures wrought by El Niño.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
The opening round played out much as many had predicted, with Benn aggressively coming forward and Garcia looking to pick him off on the counter.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Researchers at the University of Amsterdam had predicted the optical Magnus effect theoretically several years ago.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Some analysts had predicted that Oracle’s cloud segment, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, would benefit from an increasingly competitive pricing environment due to high demand for computing power.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Almost from the start, when Cleofes was but a child, everybody had predicted a bad end for him.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
