Predictions Make Prɪˈdɪkʃn Results Noun Experiment Confirmed Learned

• the results of the experiment confirmed our predictions.
• i've learned not to make predictions about the weather.
• it's difficult to make accurate predictions about the effects on the environment.
• experts preview the game and offer their prediction on the outcome.

prediction

1. a statement that says what you think will happen; the act of making such a statement
• The results of the experiment confirmed our predictions.
• I've learned not to make predictions about the weather.
• It's difficult to make accurate predictions about the effects on the environment.
• Experts preview the game and offer their prediction on the outcome.
• Not many people agree with the government's prediction that the economy will improve.
• Their prediction of fifty million visitors turned out to be optimistic.
• What are your predictions for the economy?
• Skilled readers make use of context and prediction.

Extra Examples

• It turned out my prediction was right.
• Let me get your predictions on the final score.
• Despite earlier dire predictions, shares remained steady.
• In this study, we made no specific predictions about likely outcomes.
• Six hundred workers there lost their jobs today, amid gloomy predictions that there could be worse to come.
• The sales results exceeded even the most optimistic predictions.
• Their success defies the predictions made by most experts.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: from Latin praedictio(n-), from praedicere ‘make known beforehand’, from prae ‘beforehand’ + dicare ‘make known’.