Sekirov Dictionary

predict

/pɹɪˈdɪkt/

verb 4
noun 1
forms 6

verb4

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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.
- Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying. — 2000
•
To make predictions.
- The devil can both predict and make predictors. — 1652
•
To imply.
- It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo. — 1886
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(rare) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
- They're predicting us now; looks like a barrage. — 1943

noun1

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(no longer used) A prediction.
- Or say with Princes if it shall go well, / By oft predict that I in heaven find. — 1609

forms

predicted · predictedst · predicting · predicteth · predicts · predictest

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