prediction

pre·dic·tion

noun \pri-ˈdik-shən\

Definition of PREDICTION

1

: an act of predicting

2

: something that is predicted : forecast

Examples of PREDICTION

1. Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.
2. Despite predictions that the store would fail, it has done very well.
3. The figures and statistics are used for the prediction of future economic trends.

First Known Use of PREDICTION

1561

Related to PREDICTION

Synonyms

auguring, augury, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination

Related Words

foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign; anticipation, foreknowledge; foresight; conjecture, guess, surmise

Rhymes with PREDICTION

addiction, affliction, confliction, constriction, conviction, depiction, eviction, indiction, infliction, nonfiction, reliction, restriction, transfixion