predict
/pɹɪˈdɪkt/verb2 syllables
Predict means: indicate, as with a sign or an omen.
Synonyms for predict16
verb, as in indicate, as with a sign or an omen
bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast
verb, as in make a prediction about; tell in advance
What does predict mean?2
verb
1
indicate, as with a sign or an omen“These signs bode bad news”
2
make a prediction about; tell in advance“Call the outcome of an election”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with predict?13
three syllables
Predict in a sentence
- For all his supposed psychic powers, he could not predict his own death.mailohilohi
- The best way to predict the future is to invent it.al_ex_an_der
- The nub of the dispute was unknown but its results were easy to predict.rafaeld4
- Dan's completely off the wall; you can't predict what he's going to do next.AlanF_US
- Who can predict what will happen in the future?CM
- The day will soon come when we will be able to predict earthquakes.CK
- Isn't there any way to predict how he'll act?CM
- There's no way to predict what's going to happen.CK
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Forms of predict
as a verb
- past tense
- predicted
- present participle
- predicting
- third-person singular
- predicts