Definitions
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- verb transitive To
estimate orsuppose something which took place inpast ; toconjecture something that occurred beforehand.
Etymologies
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Modelled on predict, see post-.
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Examples
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To coin a word, you can postdict as well as predict.
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To coin a word, you can postdict as well as predict.
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To coin a word, you can postdict as well as predict.
Ancient Eclipse Stopped Battle! Jan 2008
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To coin a word, you can postdict as well as predict.
Archive 2008-06-01 Jan 2008
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So we add THAT to our calibration suite, try to postdict something else, it fails, and so on.
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Some of the putative theory-type things can postdict as opposed to predict real physical results about the thermodynamics of black holes, for instance.
The false choices of intelligent design - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Isn’t it simply because they can only postdict binary temperature cold vs. warm?
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