Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Predicting.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to
predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction,
and cf. Preach.]
To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to
presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of
a comet.
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Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode;
foreshow; bode.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Predict \Pre*dict"\, n.
A prediction. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
predict
v 1: make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome
of an election" [syn: foretell, prognosticate, call,
forebode, anticipate, promise]
2: indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news" [syn: bode,
portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage,
betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure,
forecast]
WordNet (r) 2.0
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "predict":
adumbrate, anticipate, approach, augur, auspicate, await,
be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come, bet,
call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, come, come on, conclude,
conjecture, contemplate, divine, dope, dope out, dowse for water,
draw near, draw on, envisage, envision, expect, forebode, forecast,
foreglimpse, foresee, foreshadow, foreshow, foretaste, foretell,
foretoken, forewarn, fortune-tell, gamble, gather, guess,
hariolate, have a hunch, have an intimation, hazard a conjecture,
hint, hope, infer, intimate, judge, lie ahead, look ahead,
look beyond, look for, look forward to, loom, make a prediction,
make a prognosis, make a prophecy, make book, near, omen, plan,
plot, portend, prefigure, presage, presume, prognosticate, project,
prophesy, read palms, read tea leaves, read the future, risk,
see ahead, see beforehand, shadow, shadow forth, soothsay,
speculate, suggest, suppose, surmise, take a chance, tell fortunes,
tell the future, think, threaten, vaticinate
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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