noun
prediction
prih-DIHK-shuhn
noun
1
A statement about something expected to happen in the future.
"Her prediction that the team would win the championship turned out to be right."
"Economists issued a gloomy prediction for next year's growth."
How to Use Prediction
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA forecast — a stated guess about what will happen, often based on evidence or expertise.
Common pairings
make a prediction
bold prediction
according to predictions
Word Forms
predictions plural
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Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin praedictio, formed from predict plus -ion.