Synonyms of prediction
Examples of prediction in a Sentence
Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.
Despite predictions that the store would fail, it has done very well.
The figures and statistics are used for the prediction of future economic trends.
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According to The Athletic’s NHL playoff prediction model, the Sabres entered the day with an 84 percent chance to make the postseason.
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
And again, that's just in the backdrop of the entire slice of the pie of in-casino gambling and then the offshore unregulated market and then the emerging prediction markets, which is another 80 or so billion dollars wagered every year by Americans.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The finding confirms a 30-year-old prediction by Kharzeev and his colleagues that strange quark virtual particle pairs must have parallel spins.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
In fact, most of the people Fortune spoke to in line were unfamiliar with Kalshi and had never heard of prediction markets.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
And again, that's just in the backdrop of the entire slice of the pie of in-casino gambling and then the offshore unregulated market and then the emerging prediction markets, which is another 80 or so billion dollars wagered every year by Americans.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
The finding confirms a 30-year-old prediction by Kharzeev and his colleagues that strange quark virtual particle pairs must have parallel spins.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2026
In fact, most of the people Fortune spoke to in line were unfamiliar with Kalshi and had never heard of prediction markets.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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prediction
noun
pre·dic·tion
pri-ˈdik-shən 
1
: an act of predicting
2
: something predicted : forecast
a prediction that there would be an earthquake
predictive
adjective
-ˈdik-tiv
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