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noun
Something that anticipates, predicts, or foretells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A predictor variable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who predicts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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noun
a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
noun
information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: information
noun
someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer
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Broader terms: visionary, illusionist, seer
Narrower terms: astrologer, astrologist, fortuneteller, fortune teller
History
Etymology tree English predict Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English predictor From predict + -or.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
