predict
verb (used with object)
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell.
has been predicting
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present perfect progressiveof predict (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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She added Google has been predicting river overflows since 2017.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
They claim - in a light-hearted way - that the same groundhog has been predicting the weather at Gobbler's Knob for more than100 years.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
“I think it’s been very seductive to make forecasts that are based on these types of observations,” said Jan Hatzius, Goldman Sachs’s chief economist, who has been predicting a gentler cool-down.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Nielsen-Gracenote, which has been predicting medal outcomes for the last several Olympics, supplies statistical analysis to sports leagues around the world.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2022
All day the radio has been predicting a white Thanksgiving.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
