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• a reliable method of predicting earthquakes
• nobody could predict the outcome.
• the party is predicting a majority of 20 seats.
• it is impossible to predict what will happen.

predict

1. to say that something will happen in the future
• synonym forecast
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• a reliable method of predicting earthquakes
• Nobody could predict the outcome.
• 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.
• The number of people using mobile phones to purchase goods and services is expected/likely to more than double by the end of 2015.
• Experts have predicted/forecast that the number of people using their mobile phones to pay for goods and services should exceed 190 million in 2015.
• This figure is set to reach 200 million by 2016.
• By 2015, 800 million mobile phone users worldwide will be participating in social networks via their phone.
• Sales of mobile phones in 2009 were lower than expected.
• The company’s announcement of 1.26 billion handsets sold for the year is in line with predictions.

Extra Examples

• Every step in the movie is easily predicted.
• Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory.
• I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict.
• It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have.
• It is safe to predict that this trend will persist.
• It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise.
• Newton’s theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball.
• The author boldly predicts the end of the Communist Party’s rule.
• This result had been widely predicted by the opinion polls.
• We can predict from this information what is likely to happen next.
• We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react.
• We can reasonably predict what is going to happen.
• You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy.
• a computer model used to predict future weather patterns
• This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2010.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they predict
• he / she / it predicts
• past simple predicted
• past participle predicted
• -ing form predicting

Word Origin

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