Meaning of predict in English

predict

verb [ T ]

/prɪˈdɪkt/ us

/prɪˈdɪkt/

to say that an event or action will happen in the future, especially as a result of knowledge or experience:

It's still not possible to accurately predict the occurrence of earthquakes.

[ + that ] Who could have predicted that within ten years he'd be in charge of the whole company?

[ + to infinitive ] The hurricane is predicted to reach the coast tomorrow morning.

[ + question word ] No one can predict when the disease will strike again.

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We can predict changes in climate with a surprising degree of accuracy.
I cannot predict what will happen next year.
The papers are predicting that the prime minister will call an election in the spring.
Heavy snowfalls are predicted for tonight and tomorrow.
It was predicted that a comet would collide with one of the planets.

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(Definition of predict from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

predict | American Dictionary

predict

verb

/prɪˈdɪkt/

to say that an event or action will happen in the future:

[ T ] Astronomers can predict the exact time of an eclipse.

[ + that clause ] Who could have predicted that she would win the election?

[ + to infinitive ] The storm is predicted to reach the Florida coast tomorrow morning.

[ + question word ] No one can predict when the disease will strike again.

prediction

noun [ C/U ] us

/prɪˈdɪk·ʃən/

[ C ] We are not yet able to make accurate predictions about earthquakes.

(Definition of predict from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

predict | Business English

predict

verb [ T ]

/prɪˈdɪkt/ us

to say what you think will happen in the future:

They predict a 2% to 4% sales increase.

predict that sth Economists correctly predicted that interest rates would continue to fall to try and prevent an economic slowdown.

be predicted to do sth The number of self-employed people has been predicted to rise by 20% over the next five years.

predict when sth It's difficult to predict when consumer confidence might be restored.

(Definition of predict from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of predict

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This is as might be expected physically, presumably foretelling the onset of a higher mode as predicted by the airfoil model.

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In a language-learning situation with restricted availability to the target language, such a system would likely be predicted purely on the grounds of transfer.

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For each of the six trials, children were asked to predict the returning character's false belief.

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Learners of different language backgrounds are thus predicted to follow different developmental paths.

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For all farm categories, current acreage increased from 5 years in the past, and farmers predicted further increases in the future.

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The crossvalidation was performed by removing one spectrum, developing a calibration from the remaining spectra, and then predicting the spectrum that was removed.

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Other studies indicate that the quality of home and work roles intersect in important ways to predict well-being.

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The technical efficiency scores rely on the value of the unobservable distance function predicted.

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Accordingly, the current study considered both parent - adolescent supportive relationships and adolescent levels of symptomatology when predicting young adult outcomes.

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Stocking (1994) provides tables that help predict the item pool size necessary for simpler item-bank designs.

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The results are consistent with our expectation that long periods of care-giving predict lower levels of depressive symptoms in widowhood.

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Can emotions and themes in children's play predict behavior problems?

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These studies suggest that patient self-rated health predicted survival independently.

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Theoretically, however, given that there is plasticity, the fact that there is structural abnormality does not in itself predict functional abnormality.

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Cognitive styles predict the course of bipolar depression, not mania.

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Translations of predict

in Chinese (Traditional)

預言, 預料，預計…

Meaning of predict in English

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prediction

predict | Business English

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