NOUN | cognition | prediction, anticipation, prevision | the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) |
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communication | prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication | a statement made about the future |
Sounds | priydih'kshahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future). | |
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Synonyms | anticipation, prevision | |
Narrower | prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration | The act of providing vague advance indications |
projection | A prediction made by extrapolating from past observations | |
prophecy, prognostication, vaticination | knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) | |
Broader | reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought | Thinking that is coherent and logical |
Spanish | anticipación, predicción, previsión | |
Verbs | predict | make a prediction about |
Meaning | A statement made about the future. | |
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Synonyms | foretelling, forecasting, prognostication | |
Narrower | extropy | The prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe |
fortunetelling | The practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment) | |
horoscope | A prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets | |
meteorology, weather forecasting | predicting what the weather will be | |
prognosis, forecast | A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop | |
prophecy, divination | A prediction uttered under divine inspiration | |
Broader | statement | A message that is stated or declared |
Spanish | predicción, pronosticación, pronóstico | |
Catalan | predicció, pronosticació, pronòstic |
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