prediction

Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
  2. noun a statement made about the future

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

In classic literature

Synonyms

anticipation, prevision

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
reasoning
Narrower (hyponyms)
prefiguration, projection, prophecy

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