Meaning of predict in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Verb
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /prəˈdɪkt/

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  1. Verb

    predict

    Etymology

    early 17th century: from Latin praedict-‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae-‘beforehand’ + dicere‘say’

    Definitions

    1. make a prediction about

    Examples

    • « tell in advance »
    • « Call the outcome of an election »

    Derived terms

  2. 2. indicate by signs

    Examples

    • « These signs bode bad news »

    Derived terms

Famous quotes

  • « Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. »
    Peter Drucker
  • « Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10. »
    Neil Armstrong
  • « The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes. »
    Freeman Dyson
  • « The best way to predict the future is to invent it. »
    Alan Kay
  • « Customers don't know what they want. There's plenty of good psychology research that shows that people are not able to accurately predict how they would behave in the future. So asking them, 'Would you buy my product if it had these three features?' or 'How would you react if we changed our product this way?' is a waste of time. They don't know. »
    Eric Ries

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