Meaning of PREDICTION
| Pronunciation: | | pri'dikt
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- [n] the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
- [n] a statement made about the future
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| | Synonyms: | | anticipation, forecasting, foretelling, prevision, prognostication |
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| | See Also: | | abstract thought, adumbration, divination, forecast, foreshadowing, horoscope, logical thinking, meteorology, prefiguration, prognosis, prognostication, projection, prophecy, prophecy, reasoning, statement, vaticination, weather forecasting | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F.
pr['e]diction.]
The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold;
prophecy.
The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon.
Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury;
divination; soothsaying; vaticination.
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| | Related Terms: | | aftertime, afteryears, anticipation, augury, by-and-by, cast, conjecture, contemplation, course ahead, crystal ball, determinism, discretion, distant future, envisagement, envisionment, eventuality, expectation, farseeingness, farsightedness, forecast, forefeeling, foreglance, foregleam, foreglimpse, forehandedness, foreseeing, foresight, foresightedness, foretelling, forward look, future, future tense, futurism, futurity, guess, hereafter, hint, hunch, immediate future, immediate prospect, imminence, intimation, longsightedness, looking ahead, near future, offing, outlook, posteriority, preapprehension, premonition, preparation, prepublication, presage, presagement, presentiment, preview, prevision, probability, prognosis, prognostication, project, prophecy, prospect, prospection, providence, provision, prudence, readiness, sagacity, suggestion, the future, the morrow, the sweet by-and-by, time ahead, time just ahead, time to come, tomorrow, weird |
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