PREDICT

bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict

(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen; “These signs bode bad news”

predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise

(verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance; “Call the outcome of an election”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

predict (third-person singular simple present predicts, present participle predicting, simple past and past participle predicted)

(transitive) 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.

(transitive, of theories, laws, etc.) To imply.

(intransitive) To make predictions.

(transitive, military, rare) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.

Synonyms

• foretell, forespell, forespeak, halsen

Antonyms

• retrodict

Noun

predict (plural predicts)

(obsolete) A prediction.

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*dict", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicting.] Etym: [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach.]

Definition: To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

Syn.

– To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.

Pre*dict", n.

Definition: A prediction. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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24 May 2025

EARTHSHAKING

(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”


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