Prediction - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |prɪˈdɪkʃn|  American pronunciation of the word prediction
Brit.  |prɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)n|  British pronunciation of the word prediction

noun

- the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (syn: anticipation, prevision)
- a statement made about the future (syn: prognostication)

Extra examples

Journalists have begun making predictions about the winner of the coming election.

Despite predictions that the store would fail, it has done very well.

The figures and statistics are used for the prediction of future economic trends.

The prediction proved correct.

The data can be used to make useful economic predictions.

...this nubbin of the intelligence report is the prediction that the country's government will soon fall...

They were accurate in their prediction.

There are too many imponderables to make an accurate prediction.

Earthquake prediction is an inexact science.

The prediction seems to have come true.

...a downbeat prediction for the company's sales performance in the upcoming year...

If we extrapolate from the data, we can come up with a reasonable prediction.

Word forms

noun
singular: prediction
plural: predictions
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