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Definition of predict
transitive verb
: to declare or indicate in advance; especially : foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason
intransitive verb
: to make a prediction
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Examples of predict in a Sentence
All the local forecasters are predicting rain for this afternoon.
She claims that she can predict future events.
It's hard to predict how the election will turn out.
Many people predicted that the store would fail, but it has done very well.
Sales are predicted to be the same as last year.
Recent Examples of predict from the Web
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Some predict the return of a low-level insurgency much as before IS swept control in June 2014.
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Another catalyst for making this change was a book by Paul Ehrlich called The Population Bomb [which in 1968 predicted global destruction due to human actions].
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The Congressional Budget Office predicted that by 2026 two-thirds of the 15 million newly uninsured Americans would be that way because of cuts in the Medicaid program.
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The National Weather Service is predicting highs in the upper-90s — 97 to 99 — all week.
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Nationally, AAA is predicting a record-breaking 44.2 million Americans will celebrate the country's independence this year with trips at least 50 miles away from home.
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Between 2017 and 2020, the airline is predicted to annually have an impressive 83 percent load factor, the total percentage of seats filled by passengers, and at least a 3 percent gain in yearly revenues, according to a Morningstar analysis.
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E-commerce accounts for 17 percent of sales now and is headed toward 35 percent-plus, Buss is predicting.
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Premiums would spike for the elderly and the poor, who C.B.O. predicts would simply not purchase insurance at all.
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Origin and Etymology of predict
Latin praedictus, past participle of praedicere, from prae- pre- + dicere to say — more at diction
Synonym Discussion of predict
PREDICT Defined for English Language Learners
predict
playDefinition of predict for English Language Learners
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: to say that (something) will or might happen in the future
PREDICT Defined for Kids
predict
playDefinition of predict for Students
predicted
;predicting
: to say that (something) will or might happen in the future predict the weather
Word Root of predict
The Latin word dicere, meaning “to say” or “to speak,” and its form dictus give us the root dict. Words from the Latin dicere have something to do with saying or speaking. To dictate is to say words that are to be written down by someone else. To contradict is to say the opposite of what someone else has said. To predict is to say what will happen before it does.
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