Standard Lemma guide

prediction

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
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  • rhymes with -ɪkʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: P R IY0 D IH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A statement of what will happen in the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • make predictions about something
  • correct prediction
  • offer up a prediction
  • incorrect prediction
  • the prediction came true
  • The weather forecaster made a prediction of heavy rain tomorrow.
  • His prediction about the stock market proved correct.
  • It’s difficult to make an accurate prediction about the future.
  • The scientists issued a bold prediction of technological change.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: forecast, foretale, foretelling, prevision, prognosis, prognostication

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anticipation, prevision

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought

Narrower terms: projection, prophecy, prognostication, vaticination, prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration

4

noun

Meaning 4

a statement made about the future

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foretelling, forecasting, prognostication

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: statement

Narrower terms: extropy, fortunetelling, horoscope, meteorology, weather forecasting, prognosis, forecast, prophecy, divination

History

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: parashikim — a statement about the future
  • Arabic: تَنَبُّؤ (tanabbuʔ) — a statement about the future
  • Armenian: գուշակություն (gušakutʻyun) — a statement about the future
  • Armenian: կանխատեսում (kanxatesum) — a statement about the future
  • Belarusian: прадказа́нне (pradkazánnje) — a statement about the future
  • Belarusian: прагно́з (prahnóz) — a statement about the future
  • Bengali: ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী (bhobiśśodbani) — a statement about the future
  • Bulgarian: предсказа́ние (predskazánie) — a statement about the future
  • Bulgarian: предви́ждане (predvíždane) — a statement about the future
  • Catalan: predicció — a statement about the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 預言 /预言 (yùyán) — a statement about the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 預估 /预估 (yùgū) — a statement about the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 預測 /预测 (yùcè) — a statement about the future
  • Czech: předpověď — a statement about the future
  • Danish: forudsigelse — a statement about the future
  • Dutch: voorspelling — a statement about the future
  • Esperanto: prognozo — a statement about the future
  • Estonian: ennustus — a statement about the future
  • Finnish: ennustus — a statement about the future
  • Finnish: ennuste — a statement about the future
  • Finnish: prognoosi — a statement about the future
  • French: prédiction — a statement about the future
  • Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველება (c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veleba) — a statement about the future
  • German: Voraussage — a statement about the future
  • German: Vorhersage — a statement about the future
  • German: Prophezeiung — a statement about the future
  • Greek: πρόβλεψη (próvlepsi) — a statement about the future
  • Greek: πρόγνωση (prógnosi) — a statement about the future
  • Hawaiian: wānana — a statement about the future
  • Hebrew: תַּחֲזִית (takhazít) — a statement about the future
  • Hindi: प्रागुक्ति (prāgukti) — a statement about the future
  • Hindi: भविष्यवाणी (bhaviṣyavāṇī) — a statement about the future
  • Hungarian: jóslat — a statement about the future
  • Indonesian: prediksi — a statement about the future
  • Irish: réamhaisnéis — a statement about the future
  • Irish: tairngreacht — a statement about the future
  • Italian: predizione — a statement about the future
  • Italian: previsione — a statement about the future
  • Japanese: 予言 (yogen) — a statement about the future
  • Japanese: 予測 (yosoku) — a statement about the future
  • Kazakh: сәуегейлік (säuegeilık) — a statement about the future
  • Kazakh: болжам (boljam) — a statement about the future
  • Korean: 예언 (yeeon) — a statement about the future
  • Korean: 예측 (yecheuk) — a statement about the future
  • Latin: praedictum — a statement about the future
  • Latin: vāticinium — a statement about the future
  • Latin: fatum — a statement about the future
  • Macedonian: предвидување (predviduvanje) — a statement about the future
  • Malay: ramalan — a statement about the future
  • Malayalam: പ്രവചനം (pravacanaṁ) — a statement about the future
  • Norman: prédiction — a statement about the future
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spådom — a statement about the future
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spådom — a statement about the future
  • Old English: forecwide — a statement about the future
  • Pashto: مخوېينه (mëxweyëna) — a statement about the future
  • Persian: پیشگویی (pišguyi) — a statement about the future
  • Polish: przepowiednia — a statement about the future
  • Polish: prognoza — a statement about the future
  • Polish: przewidywanie — a statement about the future
  • Polish: predykcja — a statement about the future
  • Portuguese: predição — a statement about the future
  • Portuguese: previsão — a statement about the future
  • Romanian: predicție — a statement about the future
  • Romanian: previziune — a statement about the future
  • Romanian: prevestire — a statement about the future
  • Russian: предсказа́ние (predskazánije) — a statement about the future
  • Russian: прогно́з (prognóz) — a statement about the future
  • Russian: предви́дение (predvídenije) — a statement about the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: предсказање — a statement about the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: predskazanje — a statement about the future
  • Slovak: predpoveď — a statement about the future
  • Slovene: napoved — a statement about the future
  • Spanish: predicción — a statement about the future
  • Swahili: utabiri — a statement about the future
  • Swedish: förutsägelse — a statement about the future
  • Swedish: förutsago — a statement about the future
  • Swedish: spådom — a statement about the future
  • Swedish: prognos — a statement about the future
  • Swedish: prediktion — a statement about the future
  • Tagalog: hulaysay — a statement about the future
  • Tajik: пешгӯӣ (pešgüyi) — a statement about the future
  • Ukrainian: передба́чення (peredbáčennja) — a statement about the future
  • Ukrainian: прогно́з (prohnóz) — a statement about the future
  • Uzbek: bashorat — a statement about the future
Real reading context

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