noun
Meaning 1
A prediction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
predict
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/pɹɪˈdɪkt/
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verb
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To imply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive, usually
Qualifier: laws
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To make predictions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare, transitive
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
indicate by signs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- These signs bode bad news
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Narrower terms: threaten, foreshow
verb
Meaning 7
make a prediction about; tell in advance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Call the outcome of an election
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: guess, venture, pretend, hazard
Narrower terms: read, second-guess, outguess, augur, bet, wager, forecast, calculate, prophesy, vaticinate
History
Etymology
Early 17th century, from Latin praedicō (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + dīcō (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay.
Across languages
Translations
100 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَنَبَّأَ (tanabbaʔa) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Armenian: կանխատեսել (kanxatesel) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Asturian: predicir — to state, or make something known in advance
- Asturian: augurar — to state, or make something known in advance
- Basque: aurresan — to state, or make something known in advance
- Bulgarian: прогнозирам (prognoziram) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Bulgarian: предсказвам (predskazvam) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Bulgarian: предскажа (predskaža) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Catalan: predir — to state, or make something known in advance
- Chinese Mandarin: 預測 /预测 (yùcè) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Chinese Mandarin: 預判 /预判 (yùpàn) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Czech: předpovídat — to state, or make something known in advance
- Czech: předpovědět — to state, or make something known in advance
- Czech: předvídat — to state, or make something known in advance
- Dutch: voorspellen — to state, or make something known in advance
- Egyptian: s-r-E27-A2 (sr) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Estonian: ennustama — to state, or make something known in advance
- Finnish: ennakoida — to state, or make something known in advance
- Finnish: ennustaa — to state, or make something known in advance
- French: prédire — to state, or make something known in advance
- German: vorhersagen — to state, or make something known in advance
- Greek: προβλέπω (provlépo) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Hungarian: megjósol — to state, or make something known in advance
- Hungarian: előrejelez — to state, or make something known in advance
- Icelandic: spá — to state, or make something known in advance
- Ido: predicar — to state, or make something known in advance
- Interlingua: predicer — to state, or make something known in advance
- Irish: tuar — to state, or make something known in advance
- Irish: réamhaithris — to state, or make something known in advance
- Italian: predire — to state, or make something known in advance
- Japanese: 予言する (yogen suru) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Khmer: ចាប់យាម (cap yiem) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Khmer: ទាយ (tiey) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Korean: 예언하다 (yeeonhada) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Korean: 예측하다 (yecheukhada) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Lao: ທໍານວາຍ (thamn wāi) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Latin: praeloquor — to state, or make something known in advance
- Latin: praedico — to state, or make something known in advance
- Latin: ōminor — to state, or make something known in advance
- Latin: cano — to state, or make something known in advance
- Latvian: paredzēt — to state, or make something known in advance
- Macedonian: предвидува (predviduva) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Macedonian: предвиди (predvidi) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Māori: matakite — to state, or make something known in advance
- Māori: matapae — to state, or make something known in advance
- Norwegian Bokmål: spå — to state, or make something known in advance
- Old Norse: spá — to state, or make something known in advance
- Persian: پیشگویی — to state, or make something known in advance
- Piedmontese: predì — to state, or make something known in advance
- Polish: przewidywać — to state, or make something known in advance
- Polish: przewidzieć — to state, or make something known in advance
- Portuguese: predizer — to state, or make something known in advance
- Romanian: prezice — to state, or make something known in advance
- Russian: предска́зывать (predskázyvatʹ) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Russian: предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Scots: spae — to state, or make something known in advance
- Serbo-Croatian: predvidjeti — to state, or make something known in advance
- Serbo-Croatian: prognozirati — to state, or make something known in advance
- Serbo-Croatian: predskazati — to state, or make something known in advance
- Slovak: predpovedať — to state, or make something known in advance
- Spanish: predecir — to state, or make something known in advance
- Swahili: bashiri — to state, or make something known in advance
- Swedish: förutsäga — to state, or make something known in advance
- Swedish: spå — to state, or make something known in advance
- Swedish: sia — to state, or make something known in advance
- Tamil: கணி (kaṇi) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Thai: ทํานาย (tam-naai) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Turkish: öngörmek — to state, or make something known in advance
- Turkish: tahmin etmek — to state, or make something known in advance
- Ukrainian: передбачувати (peredbačuvaty) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Ukrainian: передбачити (peredbačyty) — to state, or make something known in advance
- Vietnamese: dự báo — to state, or make something known in advance
- Volapük: büosagön — to state, or make something known in advance
- Asturian: augurar — to foretell or prophesy
- Bulgarian: пророкувам (prorokuvam) — to foretell or prophesy
- Chinese Mandarin: 預言 /预言 (yùyán) — to foretell or prophesy
- Egyptian: s-r-E27-A2 (sr) — to foretell or prophesy
- Finnish: ennustaa — to foretell or prophesy
- French: prédire — to foretell or prophesy
- German: prophezeien — to foretell or prophesy
- Greek: προφητεύω (profitévo) — to foretell or prophesy
- Ancient Greek: θεσπίζω (thespízō) — to foretell or prophesy
- Ancient Greek: προθεσπίζω (prothespízō) — to foretell or prophesy
- Ido: predicar — to foretell or prophesy
- Ido: augurar — to foretell or prophesy
- Italian: profetizzare — to foretell or prophesy
- Latin: caveo — to foretell or prophesy
- Latin: praecaveo — to foretell or prophesy
- Latin: provideo — to foretell or prophesy
- Latin: praeloquor — to foretell or prophesy
- Latin: ōminor — to foretell or prophesy
- Latin: cano — to foretell or prophesy
- Māori: poropiti — to foretell or prophesy
- Oromo: raajuu — to foretell or prophesy
- Portuguese: prever — to foretell or prophesy
- Russian: предска́зывать (predskázyvatʹ) — to foretell or prophesy
- Russian: предсказа́ть (predskazátʹ) — to foretell or prophesy
- Russian: предрека́ть (predrekátʹ) — to foretell or prophesy
- Russian: предре́чь (predréčʹ) — to foretell or prophesy
- Swahili: bashiri — to foretell or prophesy
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