prediction

noun

pri-ˈdik-shən How to pronounce prediction (audio)
Definition of predictionnext
as in predicting
a declaration that something will happen in the future we were all amazed when the fortune-teller's predictions turned out to be true

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Recent Examples of prediction As online sportsbooks, online casinos and prediction markets have taken off, there are growing signs that more Americans are seeking help. — Suzy Khimm, NBC news, 10 July 2026 Researchers fed SensorFM's predictions into a Personal Health Agent and had physicians blindly rate the resulting summaries against a no-data baseline and against real ground-truth clinical measurements. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026 These tests both provide information to individualize your risk prediction for cardiovascular events, such as heart attacks. — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 10 July 2026 Reports from inside the White House are that prediction sites Kalshi and Polymarket have established direct phone lines to the White House and JD Vance’s office to ensure that no good deed goes unpunished. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for prediction
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  1. predicting
  2. forecast
  3. forecasting
  4. prophecy
Noun
  • With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror.
    — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Definition of predicting
Noun
  • The move comes as Meta simultaneously plans a new cloud computing business to sell excess capacity, even as investors remain skeptical of its roughly $145 billion capex forecast and the company's lag behind AI leaders OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • For the full year, Pepsi reiterated its prior forecast that organic revenue will rise between 2% and 4% and core constant currency earnings per share will increase in a range of 4% to 6%.
    — Amelia Lucas, CNBC, 9 July 2026
Definition of forecast
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  • For the most recent earnings season, these forecasting fruit flies buzzed around modeling 12% earnings growth for the quarter.
    — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • This is because temperature measurements used in weather forecasting are taken in the shade and are not exposed to direct sunlight.
    — Brian Bossak, The Conversation, 1 July 2026
Definition of forecasting
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  • The prophecy came true last fall, when Alpert and the Brass sold out all shows on a theater tour that climaxed in November in a buzzy pair of appearances down the street at the Dolby Theatre.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • She’s sustained by her love for her husband, their home in the megacity Losan (strikingly similar to Los Angeles), until a prophecy draws her to an enemy and a clash that will determine the fates of their peoples.
    — Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Definition of prophecy

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