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Webster 1913 Edition
Predict
Pre-dict′
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Predicted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Predicting
.] [L.
praedictus
, p. p. of praedicere
to predict; prae
before + dicere
to say, tell. See Diction
, and cf. Preach
.] 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′
,Noun.
A prediction.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Predict
PREDICT'
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
predict
predict
English
Alternative forms
- prædict (archaic)
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.
- 1590, E. Daunce, A Briefe Discourse on the Spanish State, 40
- 2000, J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, xiii.
- Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying.
- 2012, Jeremy Bernstein, "A Palette of Particles" in American Scientist, Vol. 100, No. 2, p. 146
- The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
- (transitive, of theories, laws, etc.) To imply.
- 1886, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 177. 338
- It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo.
- 1886, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 177. 338
- (intransitive) To make predictions.
- 1652, J. Gaule, Πυς-μαντια the mag-astro-mancer, 196
- The devil can both predict and make predictors.
- 1652, J. Gaule, Πυς-μαντια the mag-astro-mancer, 196
- (transitive, military, rare) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.
- 1943, L. Cheshire, Bomber Pilot, iii. 57
- They're predicting us now; looks like a barrage.
- 1943, L. Cheshire, Bomber Pilot, iii. 57
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
to state, or make something known in advance
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to foretell or prophesy
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Noun
predict (plural predicts)
- (obsolete) A prediction.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 14:
- Or say with Princes if it shall go well, / By oft predict that I in heaven find.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 14:
External links
- “predict” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).