predict
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
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.
Inflected forms:
form: predicts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: predicting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: predict
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: predict
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: predict
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: predictest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: predictedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: predicts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: predicteth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: predict
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: predict
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: predict
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: predicting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: predicted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: prædict
pos: verb
tags: alternative
archaic
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: After he had renounced his fathers bishoprick of Valentia in Spaine... and to attaine by degrees the Maiesty of Cesar, was created Duke of that place, gaue for his poesie, Aut Cesar, aut nihil. which being not fauoured from the heauens, had presently the euent the same predicted.
Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying.
The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
gloss: To imply.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
usually
examples: It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo.
For both men and women, greater symmetry predicted a larger number of past sex partners.
gloss: To make predictions.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: The devil can both predict and make predictors.
gloss: To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
pos: verb
tags: rare
transitive
examples: They're predicting us now; looks like a barrage.
Synonyms: foretell
forespell
forespeak
halsen
anticipate
augur
bode
call
divine
forecast
foredeem
forehold
foresee
foreshadow
predict
presage
prognosticate
prophesy
Antonyms: retrodict
Related words: predictability
predictable
predictably
prediction
predictive
predictively
predictiveness
predictor
portend
intuit
divination
oracle
precognition
precognitive
Derived words: hopedict
mispredict
outpredict
overpredict
predictedly
predicter
predictingly
predictory
repredict
underpredict
underpredicted
underpredicting
unpredict
unpredicted
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: تَنَبَّأَ
roman: tanabbaʔa
lang: Armenian
word: կանխատեսել
roman: kanxatesel
lang: Asturian
word: predicir
lang: Asturian
word: augurar
lang: Basque
word: aurresan
lang: Bulgarian
word: прогнозирам
roman: prognoziram
lang: Bulgarian
word: предсказвам
roman: predskazvam
lang: Bulgarian
word: предскажа
roman: predskaža
lang: Catalan
word: predir
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 預測 /预测
roman: yùcè
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 預判 /预判
roman: yùpàn
lang: Czech
word: předpovídat
lang: Czech
word: předpovědět
lang: Czech
word: předvídat
lang: Dutch
word: voorspellen
lang: Egyptian
word: s-r-E27-A2
roman: sr
lang: Estonian
word: ennustama
lang: Finnish
word: ennakoida
lang: Finnish
word: ennustaa
lang: French
word: prédire
lang: German
word: vorhersagen
lang: Greek
word: προβλέπω
roman: provlépo
lang: Hungarian
word: megjósol
lang: Hungarian
word: előrejelez
lang: Icelandic
word: spá
lang: Ido
word: predicar
lang: Interlingua
word: predicer
lang: Irish
word: tuar
lang: Irish
word: réamhaithris
lang: Italian
word: predire
lang: Japanese
word: 予言する
roman: yogen suru
lang: Khmer
word: ចាប់យាម
roman: cap yiem
lang: Khmer
word: ទាយ
roman: tiey
lang: Korean
word: 예언하다
roman: yeeonhada
lang: Korean
word: 예측하다
roman: yecheukhada
lang: Lao
word: ທຳນວາຍ
roman: thamn wāi
lang: Latin
word: praeloquor
lang: Latin
word: praedico
lang: Latin
word: ōminor
lang: Latin
word: cano
lang: Latvian
word: paredzēt
lang: Macedonian
word: предвидува
roman: predviduva
lang: Macedonian
word: предвиди
roman: predvidi
lang: Māori
word: matakite
lang: Māori
word: matapae
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: spå
lang: Old Norse
word: spá
lang: Persian
word: پیشگویی
lang: Piedmontese
word: predì
lang: Polish
word: przewidywać
lang: Polish
word: przewidzieć
lang: Portuguese
word: predizer
lang: Romanian
word: prezice
lang: Russian
word: предска́зывать
roman: predskázyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: предсказа́ть
roman: predskazátʹ
lang: Scots
word: spae
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: predvidjeti
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: prognozirati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: predskazati
lang: Slovak
word: predpovedať
lang: Spanish
word: predecir
lang: Swahili
word: bashiri
lang: Swedish
word: förutsäga
lang: Swedish
word: spå
lang: Swedish
word: sia
lang: Tamil
word: கணி
roman: kaṇi
lang: Thai
word: ทำนาย
roman: tam-naai
lang: Turkish
word: öngörmek
lang: Turkish
word: tahmin etmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: передбачувати
roman: peredbačuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: передбачити
roman: peredbačyty
lang: Vietnamese
word: dự báo
lang: Volapük
word: büosagön