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předpovídat — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bode verb To be a sign that something (usually bad) will happen; to portend.
  • forecast verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
  • foretell verb To predict or announce something before it happens.
  • predict verb To say what will happen in the future, based on knowledge, evidence, or reasoning.
  • presage noun A warning of a future event; an omen.
  • slate noun A fine-grained gray rock that splits easily into thin flat sheets, often used for roofing.

Senses

předpovídat is used for these senses in English:

  • bode (ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
  • forecast To estimate how something will be in the future.
  • foretell (ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
  • predict (transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
  • presage (transitive) To predict or foretell something.
  • slate (transitive, chiefly, US) To anticipate or strongly expect.

forecast — full definition

  1. verb To predict how something, especially the weather or the economy, will develop.
  2. noun A prediction about future conditions, especially the weather.

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