Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.
- intransitive verb To foretell something.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A prediction.
- To foretell; prophesy; declare before the event happens; prognosticate; also, to declare before the fact is known by direct experience.
- Synonyms Prophesy, Presage, etc. (see
foretell ), foreshow, divine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A prediction.
- transitive verb To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
state , or make somethingknown inadvance , especially usinginference orspecial knowledge . - verb transitive To
believe or hold to be true in advance;forehold ;surmise . - verb intransitive To
foretell ,foresee orprophesy . - noun obsolete A
prediction .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb indicate by signs
- verb make a prediction about; tell in advance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What makes this hard to predict is that much of it depends on the nature of the artistic activity in question.
Where'er you walk Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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Suffice it to say that it was very well done, and that there was a piece of the subject matter (not the piece you will be able to predict from the first page) that was particularly difficult at this moment in my life.
Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway wshaffer 2009
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Could it again predict the outcome prior to what Prudhomme hopes will be a decisive third week?
Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Prudhomme hits home run with 2011 Tour route 2010
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What makes this hard to predict is that much of it depends on the nature of the artistic activity in question.
Archive 2009-03-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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Where he will fail, I predict, is in actually believing his own left wing cant.
Profiles in fear: ‘conservative’ Democrats and THAT WOMAN. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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This, I predict, is exactly what will happen if single-payer is passed.
WH may push through health care reform without Republicans 2009
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Could it again predict the outcome prior to what Prudhomme hopes will be a decisive third week?
Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Two times up the Alpe in the 2011 Tour de France? 2010
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The fact that we have not had as much warming as models predict is an indication that damping mechanisms are involved that the models do not account for properly.
Matthew Yglesias » The Tragedy of Obama’s Climate Policy 2009
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Now they predict crime will rise because of the recesion, does this mean that what the actually predict is in a recession, police will not work as hard and allow crime to rise thus failling the public.
WARNING – BULLSHIT ALERT « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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This post, I predict, is going to get an IFA link after I hit some deadlines later today.
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