Entry Word: prediction

Function: noun

Meaning: a declaration that something will happen in the future <we were all amazed when the fortune-tellerʼs predictions turned out to be true>

Synonyms auguring, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosis, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy, soothsaying

Related Words augury, omen, portent, sign; anticipation, foreknowledge; foresight; conjecture, guess, surmise