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(prĭ-dĭkt') pronunciation

v., -dict·ed, -dict·ing, -dicts.

v.tr.
To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.

v.intr.
To foretell something; prophesy.

[Latin praedīcere, praedict- : prae-, pre- + dīcere, to say.]

predictability pre·dict'a·bil'i·ty n.
predictable pre·dict'a·ble adj.
predictably pre·dict'a·bly adv.
predictive pre·dic'tive adj.
predictively pre·dic'tive·ly adv.
predictiveness pre·dic'tive·ness n.
predictor pre·dic'tor n.

SYNONYMS   predict, call, forecast, foretell, prognosticate. These verbs mean to tell about something in advance of its occurrence by means of special knowledge or inference: predict an eclipse; couldn't call the outcome of the game; forecasting the weather; foretold events that would happen; prognosticating a rebellion.


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verb

    To tell about or make known (future events) in advance, especially by means of special knowledge or inference: call, forecast, foretell, prognosticate, project. See foresight.

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adj

Definition: very reliable to happen
Antonyms: improbable, unexpected, unforeseen, unpredictable

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Able to be foretold.

pronunciation If life were predictable, it would cease to be life, and be without flavor. — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - forudsige
v. intr. - spå om fremtiden

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorspellen

Français (French)
v. tr. - prédire
v. intr. - prédire

Deutsch (German)
v. - vorhersagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προλέγω, προβλέπω, προφητεύω

Italiano (Italian)
presagire, predire, preannunciare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - predizer, prever

Русский (Russian)
предсказывать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - predecir, pronosticar
v. intr. - predecir, pronosticar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - förutsäga, förutspå

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
预言, 预报, 预料, 作预言, 作预报, 作预料

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 預言, 預報, 預料
v. intr. - 作預言, 作預報, 作預料

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 예언하다, 예보하다
v. intr. - 예언하다, 예보하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 予言する, 予報する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتنبأ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ניבא, צפה, חזה‬
v. intr. - ‮ניבא, צפה, חזה‬


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