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Definition of prediction - 3 dictionary results

pre⋅dic⋅tion

[pri-dik-shuhn]
–noun
1. an act of predicting.
2. an instance of this; prophecy.

Origin:
1555–65; < L praedictiōn- (s. of praedictiō) a foretelling. See predict, -ion


2. forecast, augury, prognostication, divination, projection.
pre·dic·tion   (prĭ-dĭk'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act of predicting.
  2. Something foretold or predicted; a prophecy.

Prediction

Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. pr['e]diction.] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon.

Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; soothsaying; vaticination.
Language Translation for : prediction
Spanish: predicción, pronóstico,
German: die Vorhersage,
Japanese: 予想
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