prediction

Meaning

  1. A statement of what will happen in the future.
  2. A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

Synonyms

forecast
C2
prophecy
C1
prognostication
prognosis
C2
foresight
24k
forecasting
divination
39k
augury
foretelling
anticipation
C2
prevision
expectation
C2
estimation
27k
vaticination
presage
oracle
C2
guess
A1
promise
A1
fortune-telling
41k
projection
C2
prognostic
calculation
C2
supposition
34k
view
B1
wish
A1
weather forecasting

fortelling

medical prognosis

prognostics
mantology
spatulomancy
sortes
announcement
B2

prédiction

conclusion
B2
declaration
C1
denouncement
denunciation
effective
B2
efficacious
estimate
C1
foreknowledge
forethought
guessing
B2
hope
A1
intention
B2
intimation
predestination
predetermination
prefiguration
Translations

prédiction
Vorhersage
predicción
prévision
Voraussage
Prognose
predizione
previsione
previsão
pronóstico
voorspelling
profezia
pronostic
pronostico
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

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