Predict
Pronunciation
Alternative forms
- prædict archaic
Origin
17th Century: from Latin praedīcere ("to mention beforehand"), from prae ("before") + dīcere ("to say").
Full definition of predict
Verb
- (transitive) To state, or make something known in advance, especially using inference or special knowledge.to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a cometHow did Nostradamus predict that this would happen?
- 2012, Jeremy Bernstein, A Palette of Particles, The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier.
- (transitive) To believe or hold to be true in advance; forehold; surmise.How could I ever predict this could happen?
- (intransitive) To foretell, foresee or prophesy.
Noun
predict
(plural predicts)- (obsolete) A prediction.
- 1609, William Shakespeare, :Or say with Princes if it shall go well,
By oft predict that I in heaven find.