| NOUN | person | predictor, forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) |
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| cognition | predictor | information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events | |
| artifact | predictor | a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival |
| Sounds | prihdih'kter | |
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| Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... | |
| Meaning | someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge). | |
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| Synonyms | forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer | |
| Narrower | astrologer, astrologist | someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon |
| fortuneteller, fortune teller | A person who foretells your personal future | |
| Broader | visionary, illusionist, seer | A person with unusual powers of foresight |
| Spanish | adivino, pronosticador, vaticinador, vidente | |
| Catalan | pronosticador, vaticinador | |
| Verbs | predict | make a prediction about |
| Meaning | Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events. | |
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| Example | "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance" | |
| Broader | information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
| Meaning | A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival. | |
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| Part of | antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flak, flack, pom-pom, ack-ack, ack-ack gun | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes |
| Broader | computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | A machine for performing calculations automatically |
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