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

make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

• read — interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior
• secondguess, outguess — attempt to anticipate or predict
• augur — predict from an omen
• bet, wager — maintain with or as if with a bet
• forecast, calculate — predict in advance
• prophesy, vaticinate — predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration

• guess, venture, hazard — put forward, of a guess