Prediction

Pre-dic′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

praedictio

: cf. F.

prédiction

.]

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.

Prediction

PREDIC'TION

,

Noun.

[L. proedictio.] A foretelling; a previous declaration of a future event; prophecy. The fulfillment of the predictions of the prophets is considered to be a strong argument in favor of the divine origin of the Scriptures.

prediction

See also: prédiction

English

Alternative forms

prædiction (archaic)

Noun

prediction ‎(plural predictions)

A statement of what will happen in the future.
"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Yogi Berra or Robert Storm Petersen (in translation from Danish)
A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

Synonyms

(statement about the future): forecast, halseny, prognosis, prognostication

Translations

a statement about the future

Arabic: تَنَبُّؤ m ‎(tanabbuʾ)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 預言 (zh), 预言 (zh) ‎(yùyán), 預估 (zh), 预估 (zh) ‎(yùgū), 預測 (zh), 预测 (zh) ‎(yùcè)
Czech: předpověď f
Dutch: voorspelling (nl) f
Esperanto: prognozo
Finnish: ennustus (fi), ennuste (fi), prognoosi (fi)
French: prédiction (fr) f
Georgian: წინასწარმეტყველება ‎(c̣inasc̣armeṭq̇veleba)
German: Voraussage (de) f, Vorhersage (de) f, Prophezeiung (de) f
Hebrew: תחזית f ‎(tahazit)
Hungarian: jóslat (hu)
Irish: réamhaisnéis f, tairngreacht f
Italian: predizione

Japanese: 予言 (ja) ‎(よげん, yogen), 予測 (ja) ‎(よそく, yosoku)
Norman: prédiction f
Latin: fatum n
Macedonian: предвидување n ‎(predviduvanje)
Malay: ramalan
Polish: przepowiednia (pl) f, prognoza (pl) f, przewidywanie (pl) n
Portuguese: predição (pt) f, previsão (pt) f
Romanian: predicție (ro) f, previziune (ro) f, prevestire (ro) f
Russian: предсказа́ние (ru) n ‎(predskazánije), прогно́з (ru) m ‎(prognóz)
Serbo-Croatian: predskazanje (sh)
Spanish: predicción (es) f
Swahili: utabiri (sw)
Swedish: förutsägelse (sv) c, förutsago c (obsolete, in older litt.), spådom c, prognos (sv) c, prediktion c (scientific)
Tagalog: hulaysay

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