Predict Future Predicted Prɪˈdɪkt Predicting Verb Reliable Method

• a reliable method of predicting earthquakes
• nobody could predict the outcome.
• to predict the future
• he predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year.

predict

Verb Forms

1. to say that something will happen in the future
• a reliable method of predicting earthquakes
• Nobody could predict the outcome.
• to predict the future
• He predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year.
• The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats.
• It is impossible to predict what will happen.
• She predicted (that) the election result would be close.
• He predicted (that) it would be a smash hit.
• It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
• The trial is predicted to last for months.
• This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2015.

Extra Examples

• Every step in the movie is easily predicted.
• Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory.
• You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy.
• Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball.
• It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise.
• It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have.
• We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react.
• I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict.

Word Origin

• early 17th cent.: from Latin praedict- ‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae- ‘beforehand’ + dicere ‘say’.