predire — meaning in English
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English meaning
- expect verb To believe that something will happen.
- foreshadow verb To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
- 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.
Senses
predire is used for these senses in English:
- foreshadow (transitive) To presage, or suggest something in advance. [from 16th c.]
- 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.
expect — full definition
- verb To believe that something will happen.
- verb To regard something as required or owed.
- verb To be pregnant.
foreshadow — full definition
- verb To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
- verb Of a person: to have an intuition or premonition about (something); to forebode.