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prɪˈdɪk ʃənpre·dic·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. prediction, anticipation, previsionnoun

    the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

  2. prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognosticationnoun

    a statement made about the future

Wiktionary

  1. predictionnoun

    A statement of what will happen in the future.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Predictionnoun

    Prophesy; declaration of something future.

    Etymology: prædictio, Lat. prediction, Fr. from predict.

    These predictions
    Are to the world in general, as to Cæsar. William Shakespeare.

    The predictions of cold and long winters, hot and dry summers, are good to be known. Francis Bacon, Nat. Hist.

    How soon hath thy prediction, seer blest!
    Measur’d this transient world the race of time,
    Till time stand fix’d. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xii.

    In Christ they all meet with an invincible evidence, as if they were not predictions, but after-relations; and the penmen of them not prophets but evangelists. Robert South, Sermons.

    He, who prophesy’d the best,
    Approves the judgment to the rest;
    He’d rather choose, that I should die,
    Than his prediction prove a lie. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

Wikipedia

  1. Prediction

    A prediction (Latin præ-, "before," and dicere, "to say"), or forecast, is a statement about a future event or data. They are often, but not always, based upon experience or knowledge. There is no universal agreement about the exact difference from "estimation"; different authors and disciplines ascribe different connotations. Future events are necessarily uncertain, so guaranteed accurate information about the future is impossible. Prediction can be useful to assist in making plans about possible developments.

ChatGPT

  1. prediction

    Prediction is the act of forecasting or estimating a future event or trend based on current information, data, patterns, or trends. It is a statement or claim about something that will happen or could happen in the future, often involving analysis, statistics or machine learning algorithms in more complex scenarios. Predictions can be made in various fields such as science, business, meteorology, economics, and sports.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Predictionnoun

    the act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy

Wikidata

  1. Prediction

    A prediction or forecast is a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on experience or knowledge. While there is much overlap between prediction and forecast, a prediction may be a statement that some outcome is expected, while a forecast is more specific, and may cover a range of possible outcomes. Although guaranteed information about the future is in many cases impossible, prediction is necessary to allow plans to be made about possible developments; Howard H. Stevenson writes that prediction in business "... is at least two things: Important and hard."

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'prediction' in Nouns Frequency: #2235

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prediction in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prediction in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of prediction in a Sentence

  1. Doug Guthrie:

    My prediction : The' crackdown' is going to stop now, the Xi administration is very committed to economic growth.

  2. Brian Kunkle:

    They may be increasing risks through different disease pathways, prediction of risk and treatment for each individual will rely on what type of changes a person has in each of those 25 genes or other biomarkers.

  3. Simon Young:

    The first batch of( security law) cases to proceed to the courts will be seen by all as test cases to see the true width and limits of the law, my prediction is that there will not be any direct interference from( Beijing) to influence or change the results of these cases.

  4. Donald Trump:

    He should have had a jury, but I’ll make a prediction: He’ll be just fine, but I won’t do it tonight, because I don’t want to cause any controversy.

  5. Charles King:

    An interesting point about the technologies used by the Allied forces during D-Day is how closely their development mirrors approaches used today, there were formal projects led by trained scientists and researchers, such as the tide prediction mechanism created by British mathematician Arthur Thomas Doodson, which was used toidentify the precise days/times that the H-Hour landings for D-Day should take place.

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