prediction
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2.6
- noun
- /prɪˈdɪkʃən/
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predicción
- The scientist made an accurate prediction about the weather for next week.
- make predictions
- an accurate prediction
- contrary to predictions
These are all predictions of that hot Big Bang.
- These are all predictions of that hot Big Bang.
- So who is better at prediction, humans or machines?
- But for Marx that prediction is really key.
- What's your prediction for the next year?
- So your prediction there is quite aligned with most people's.
- And my prediction is that there will be the referendum.
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We'll then find out if our predictions of the past hold up in the future.
Academic text (2011) -
So who is better at prediction, humans or machines?
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But sometimes making the right prediction could be OK.
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So what is your prediction for this outcome?
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What's your prediction for the next year?
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But for Marx that prediction is really key.
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So my prediction, the court will not uphold this.
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Because all her predictions came true.
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Phil takes a deep breath and makes his first experimental prediction, recalling the previous day.
Fiction book (1993) -
We've been studying quake prediction for 10 years.
Synonyms
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2.8
A belief that something will happen in the future
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3.3
A chance that something will happen in the future
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6.2
A statement that predicts the future and comes from someone who says they know it
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4.4
An estimate of a future result based on past and present data
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7.2
A prediction of how a disease or situation will turn out
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1.1
A short report that says what the weather will be like
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9.3
A statement about what will happen in the future
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6.8
To say what will happen in the future
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2.8
A report that says what the weather will be like for a place and time
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Etymology
Prediction comes from the parts pre- meaning 'before' and dict meaning 'say', the same root you see in dictionary. So, a prediction is a 'saying before' something happens, which is why it means a statement about the future.