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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That prediction, quite explicitly, is slightly different from the plain old QED prediction, and can be made to about 12 significant figures.
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Big Think, 19 Mar. 2026
After you’re done, put your round-by-round predictions to the test in our men’s or women’s Survivor Pool, either as a solo contestant or in a private pool with a group of friends (choose wisely).
—Kristin Scharkey, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The rise of prediction markets has enabled Americans across the country to trade on practically any event, from sports to elections and, most recently, death and destruction.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Of all the wizards of modern AI, Amodei, the theoretical physicist who founded Anthropic, maker of Claude, is the most publicly anxious about the impact of his product on the world at large, seemingly spooked by his own predictions.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
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Big Think, 19 Mar. 2026
After you’re done, put your round-by-round predictions to the test in our men’s or women’s Survivor Pool, either as a solo contestant or in a private pool with a group of friends (choose wisely).
—Kristin Scharkey, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
The rise of prediction markets has enabled Americans across the country to trade on practically any event, from sports to elections and, most recently, death and destruction.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
Of all the wizards of modern AI, Amodei, the theoretical physicist who founded Anthropic, maker of Claude, is the most publicly anxious about the impact of his product on the world at large, seemingly spooked by his own predictions.
—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026
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“Prediction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prediction. Accessed 20 Mar. 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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