predict

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
2. (transitive, usually) To imply.
3. (intransitive) To make predictions.
4. (rare, transitive) To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.

Noun

A prediction.

Synonyms

foretell

forecast

prophesy

prognosticate

foresee

anticipate

augur

foreshadow

divine

forebode

guess

expect

presage

portend

bode

soothsay

promise

conjecture

prefigure

speculate

betoken

foreshow

call

estimate

indicate

presume

foretell the future

infer

tell fortunes

prophecy

omen

brew

say beforehand

surmise

envision

auspicate

vaticinate

read

📖

see without obstruction

tell a fortune

scry

prophesize

guess at

forespeak

choose

tell beforehand

abode

appreciate

ask

assume

Translations

prédire

predire

predecir

vorhersagen

predizer

prévoir

voraussagen

voorspellen

pronosticar

prognostizieren

prophezeien

prognosticar

prever

prevedere

pronosticare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɪˈdɪkt/

Etymology

Early 17th century, from Latin praedīcō (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + dīcō (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay.