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pre·dict  (pr-dkt)
v. pre·dict·ed, pre·dict·ing, pre·dicts
v.tr.
To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.
v.intr.
To foretell something; prophesy.

[Latin praedcere, praedict- : prae-, pre- + dcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·dicta·bili·ty n.
pre·dicta·ble adj.
pre·dicta·bly adv.
pre·dictive adj.
pre·dictive·ly adv.
pre·dictive·ness n.
pre·dictor n.
Synonyms: predict, call, forecast, foretell, prognosticate
These verbs mean to tell about something in advance of its occurrence by means of special knowledge or inference: predict an eclipse; couldn't call the outcome of the game; forecasting the weather; foretold events that would happen; prognosticating a rebellion.

predict
Verb
to tell about in advance; prophesy [Latin praedicere]
predictable adj
predictably adv
predictor n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.predict - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
hazard, guess, venture, pretend - put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"
outguess, second-guess - attempt to anticipate or predict
augur - predict from an omen
bet, wager - maintain with or as if with a bet; "I bet she will be there!"
forecast, calculate - predict in advance
prophesy, vaticinate - predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
2.predict - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
threaten - to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal, point - be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
foreshow - foretell by divine inspiration

predict
Translations
Spanish predict [prɪˈdɪkt] vtpredecir, pronosticar
French predict [prɪˈdɪkt] vtprédire
German predict [prɪˈdɪkt] vtvorhersagen
Italian predict [prɪˈdɪkt] vtpredire

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Looking to the future, we can predict that the groups of organic beings which are now large and triumphant, and which are least broken up, that is, which as yet have suffered least extinction, will for a long period continue to increase.
His faculties refer to natures out of him and predict the world he is to inhabit, as the fins of the fish foreshow that water exists, or the wings of an eagle in the egg presuppose air.
It would be rash to predict how Passepartout's lively nature would agree with Mr.
 
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