PREDICTED Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in anticipated

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verb

past tense of predict

as in read

to tell of or describe beforehand I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now

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Back in 2009, there was a Department of Homeland Security report that predicted a rise in far-right extremism. — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 Few could have predicted the club would win its final seven games. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 And Sasha Tkachenko, head of studio at My Drama by Holywater Tech, predicted that the technology would also play an increasing role in microdramas and vertical content in general, without upending traditional skills completely. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026 Even so, Musk predicted that 50 percent of the US population will have access to Tesla’s robotaxis by the end of 2025 — which of course turned out to be very wrong. — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 2 Oct. 2026 The Atlantic Ocean has failed to produce a hurricane in the month of September for the first time in more than 30 years, the latest feat by a super El Niño widely predicted to become the strongest ever. — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026 Vance predicted that Florida voters would vote out Democrats in a similar fashion to removing the protesters. — Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026 It has been well established that company scientists at Exxon and other fossil fuel companies accurately predicted global temperature increases and warned that sharply curtailing fossil fuels was the only way to avoid severe warming. — Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 McNoldy predicted that the current El Nino will peak during the coming winter but linger into 2027. — John Raby, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

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The Ministry of Time is one of the more anticipated BBC fantasy series currently in the works.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
In California, CalOptima Health data is showing an anticipated Medi-Cal monthly enrollment decrease for 2026-27 (this is California’s name for the federal Medicaid program).

— Taryn Palumbo, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of anticipated

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But perhaps no one feels its expected passage in the Senate as acutely, or as personally, as Peter Mills.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026
The indie studio defied convention by taking the project out in August, usually considered a dead period with many executives on vacation as the TV business takes a breather before an expected post-Labor Day influx of pitches.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of expected

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Barra, once bullish in forecasting that self-driving cars would arrive quickly, is more measured now.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
As cryptocurrencies code-conjure themselves into being and a performative utterance can fix the price of a stock if uttered emphatically enough, arrest data is used to forecast the stock valuation of private prisons.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of forecast

Adjective

When really, this was the foreseeable and foreseen outcome of putting an AI in place of the human being who is already not there to do a good job.

— Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026
To help steer you clear of any paint color problems (whether foreseen or unforeseen), designers share the top paint color pitfalls.

— Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of foreseen

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That night foretold a scenario that has kept repeating itself, which has revealed a clear dysfunction between the tournament’s schedule and the nature of tennis in 2026.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
The prophecy of the film’s success was foretold when 70mm screening tickets for The Odyssey sold out quickly upon release one year before the movie was set to debut, according to The Los Angeles Times.

— Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

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