prediction

A2 Topic:Communication

US /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #14436

Meanings

1

noun
A statement saying what you think will happen in the future.

Her prediction that the team would win turned out to be correct.
2

noun
The act of saying what will happen in the future.

Weather prediction has become much more accurate in recent years.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a statement saying what you... forecast forecastingforetellingprognostication

2 noun · the act of saying what will... anticipation prevision

More foretaleweird

Word family

Forms predictions

Derived forms hopedictioninterpredictionmetapredictionmispredictionneuropredictionoverpredictionpostpredictionpredictionalretrodictionunderprediction

Related forms anticipation divination precognition predict premonition presage presentiment

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Proverbs (1)

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Never make predictions, especially about the future

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

*deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European praedictiō Latin

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Topics

Communication

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# prediction

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 14436

## Meanings
1. A statement saying what you think will happen in the future.
2. The act of saying what will happen in the future.

## Examples
- Her prediction that the team would win turned out to be correct.
- Weather prediction has become much more accurate in recent years.

## Synonyms
- foretale
- foretelling
- prognostication
- weird

## Derived Forms
- hopediction
- interprediction
- metaprediction
- misprediction
- neuroprediction
- overprediction
- postprediction
- predictional
- retrodiction
- underprediction

## Related Forms
- anticipation
- divination
- precognition
- predict
- premonition
- presage
- presentiment

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *deyḱ-
- Root: praedictiō

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

## AI Etymology
Prediction: Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling. The historical chain includes *deyḱ- (Proto-Indo-European), praedictiō (Latin). In present-day English it covers a statement saying what you think will happen in the future and the act of saying what will happen in the future. The wider family includes derived forms such as hopediction, interprediction, metaprediction, misprediction, neuroprediction and related forms such as anticipation, divination, precognition, predict.

## Topics
- Communication

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