predict
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.
Other meanings
To make predictions.
To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
Synonyms
- call
- promise
Related words
- hopedict
- mispredict
- outpredict
- overpredict
- predicter
- predictory
- repredict
- underpredict
- unpredict
- predictedly
- underpredicted
- unpredicted
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "praedicō" (to mention beforehand).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “predict” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.