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prɪˈdɪktpre·dict

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.9 / 17 votes

  1. predict

    "Persons or things augur; persons only forebode or presage; things only betoken or portend." Crabb English Synonymes. We augur well for a voyage from past good fortune and a good start; we presage success from the stanchness of the ship and the skill of the captain. We forebode misfortune either from circumstances that betoken failure, or from gloomy fancies for which we could not give a reason. Dissipation among the officers and mutiny among the crew portend disaster. Divine has reference to the ancient soothsayers' arts (as in Gen. xliv, 5, 15), and refers rather to reading hearts than to reading the future. We say I could not divine his motive, or his intention.

    Synonyms:
    augur, betoken, bode, divine, forebode, foretell, portend, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

    Antonyms:
    assure, calculate, demonstrate, determine, establish, insure, make sure, prove, settle, warrant

    Preposition:
    I augur from all circumstances a prosperous result; I augur ill of the enterprise; "augurs ill to the rights of the people," Thomas Jefferson Writings vol. ii, p. 506. [Taylor, Walton & Maberley '53.] I augur well, or this augurs well, for your cause.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. predict

    Synonyms:
    prophesy, foretell, forecast, prognosticate, forebode, foreshadow

Princeton's WordNet2.9 / 15 votes

  1. predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promiseverb

    make a prediction about; tell in advance

    "Call the outcome of an election"

    Synonyms:
    forestall, augur, forebode, foreshadow, scream, prognosticate, counter, promise, phone, yell, foreknow, shout out, foretell, cry, herald, call in, auspicate, expect, holler, call up, betoken, call off, assure, call, look for, send for, previse, anticipate, address, visit, portend, shout, bode, foresee, look to, announce, presage, name, hollo, squall, bid, ring, omen, forecast, harbinger, telephone, annunciate, prefigure

  2. bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predictverb

    indicate by signs

    "These signs bode bad news"

    Synonyms:
    herald, bespeak, indicate, promise, figure, betoken, announce, count on, annunciate, bode, foreshadow, omen, point, harbinger, estimate, portend, call, prognosticate, anticipate, reckon, augur, calculate, foretell, forebode, prefigure, signal, forecast, auspicate, presage

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  1. prophesize

    to state or estimate, esp. on the basis of knowledge or reasoning, that (an action, event, etc.) will happen in the future or will be a consequence of something; to forecast, foretell, prophesy. (oed)

    Submitted by anonymous on January 12, 2014  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.5 / 2 votes

  1. predictverb

    Synonyms:
    foretell, prophesy, prognosticate, presage, augur, divine, forebode, VATICINATE

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. predictverb

    Synonyms:
    prophesy, foretell, prognosticate, forebode, portend, augur, presage, vaticinate

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD3.7 / 3 votes

  1. PREDICT

    Synonyms:
    (1) Comparison of PRE-Dilatation vs Direct Stenting In Coronary Treatment (2) Prevention des Restenoses par Elisor, apres Dilatation Coronaire Transluminale J Am Coll Cardiol 1997 Oct;30(4):863-9 (3) Prospective Randomized Evaluation of Diltiazem

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How to use predict in a sentence?

  1. Sarah Clark:

    Accidents are really difficult to predict, kids get excited ; they forget that they're holding a burning hot object in their hand, and then that's when the object touches either their own body or somebody else's.

  2. Brendan Buck:

    They've actually done a pretty good job convincing base House Republican voters that the system is rigged and that House Democrats are just out to get House Democrats no matter what, i predict eventually the message will end up being that it should be up to the American people to decide the President's fate at the ballot box next year.

  3. Renaud Foucart:

    Government agencies predict massive deficits in the coming years, as boomers continue to retire, and they need to make changes very quickly otherwise they will lose money to invest in other things.

  4. Patrick Vallance:

    The biggest unknown is how the U.S. will view a study like this that has been undertaken in the UK healthcare setting, i think there will be interest in the U.S. but I can't predict how it will be considered by U.S. prescribers and healthcare systems.

  5. Bill Bunting:

    Every year has some potential( of tornado outbreaks) ; it's just a matter of trying to accurately predict, with as much lead time as possible, where that area is likely to be and then making sure that people are prepared and have a plan.


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