HyperDic: predict

English > 2 senses of the word *predict*:
VERB	communication	predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise	make a prediction about
VERB	communication	predict, bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast	indicate by signs

predict > pronunciation
Sounds	prihdih'kt; priydih'kt
Rhymes	addict ... verdict: 24 rhymes with ihkt...

English > *predict*: 2 senses > verb 1, communication
Meaning	make a prediction about; tell in advance.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Synonyms	foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
Narrower	augur	predict from an omen
	bet, wager	Maintain with or as if with a bet
	forecast, calculate	predict in advance
	prophesy, vaticinate	predict or reveal through, or as if through, divine inspiration
	read	interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky
	second-guess, outguess	attempt to anticipate or predict
Broader	guess, venture, pretend, hazard	Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Spanish	anticipar, augurar, predecir, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar
Catalan	anticipar, augurar, predir, presagiar, preveure, pronosticar, vaticinar
Adjectives	predictive	of or relating to prediction
Nouns	prediction	the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Nouns	predictor	someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

English > *predict*: 2 senses > verb 2, communication
Meaning	Indicate by signs.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Synonyms	bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast
Narrower	foreshow	foretell by divine inspiration
Narrower	threaten	To be a menacing indication of something
Broader	bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal	Be a signal for or a symptom of
Spanish	agorar, anunciarse, augurar, predecir, prefigurar, presagiar, prever, pronosticar, vaticinar
Catalan	augurar, predir, presagiar, pronosticar, vaticinar
Adjectives	predictive	of or relating to prediction

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