'Predict' definitions:
Definition of 'predict'
(from WordNet)
verb
Make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" [syn: predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise]
verb
Definition of 'Predict'
From: GCIDE
- Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicting.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach.] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Predict'
From: GCIDE
- Predict \Pre*dict"\, n. A prediction. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'predict'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adumbrate,
- anticipate,
- approach,
- augur,
- auspicate,
- await,
- be destined,
- be fated,
- be imminent,
- be to be,
- be to come,
- bet,
- call,
- cast a horoscope,
- cast a nativity,
- come,
- come on,
- conclude,
- conjecture,
- contemplate,
- divine,
- dope,
- dope out,
- dowse for water,
- draw near,
- draw on,
- envisage,
- envision,
- expect,
- forebode,
- forecast,
- foreglimpse,
- foresee,
- foreshadow,
- foreshow,
- foretaste,
- foretell,
- foretoken,
- forewarn,
- fortune-tell,
- gamble,
- gather,
- guess,
- hariolate,
- have a hunch,
- have an intimation,
- hazard a conjecture,
- hint,
- hope,
- infer,
- intimate,
- judge,
- lie ahead,
- look ahead,
- look beyond,
- look for,
- look forward to,
- loom,
- make a prediction,
- make a prognosis,
- make a prophecy,
- make book,
- near,
- omen,
- plan,
- plot,
- portend,
- prefigure,
- presage,
- presume,
- prognosticate,
- project,
- prophesy,
- read palms,
- read tea leaves,
- read the future,
- risk,
- see ahead,
- see beforehand,
- shadow,
- shadow forth,
- soothsay,
- speculate,
- suggest,
- suppose,
- surmise,
- take a chance,
- tell fortunes,
- tell the future,
- think,
- threaten,
- vaticinate