| 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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