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A statement made about the future
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prediction
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1560s, from Middle French prédiction and directly from Medieval Latin predictionem (nominative predictio ), from Latin praedictio "a foretelling," noun of action from past participle stem of praedicere (see predict ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A statement of what will happen in the future.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: anticipation , prevision ] a statement made about the future [syn: foretelling , forecasting , prognostication ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A prediction ( Latin præ- , "before," and dicere , "to say"), or forecast , is a statement about an uncertain event . It is often, but not always, based upon experience or knowledge. There is no universal agreement about the exact difference between the ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE accurate ▪ Another collective title, the Angry Young Men, was to prove in the long term more accurate as prediction than description. ▪ Tarot is believed to be one of the most accurate forms of prediction . ▪ Check ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prediction \Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. pr['e]diction.] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy. The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon. Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; ...
Usage examples of prediction.
The accomplishment of the prediction was forwarded by all the means that human prudence could supply.
At the time when this prediction is said to have been delivered, no prophecy could be more distant from its accomplishment, since the first twelve years of Heraclius announced the approaching dissolution of the empire.
Perhaps the present generation may yet behold the accomplishment of the prediction, of a rare prediction, of which the style is unambiguous and the date unquestionable.
From the summit he was cast down headlong, and dashed in pieces on the pavement, in the presence of innumerable spectators, who filled the forum of Taurus, and admired the accomplishment of an old prediction, which was explained by this singular event.
Had he allowed that ominous prediction to remain unchallenged, Roger knew he would never have been allowed a glimpse into a world unlike any he had ever known, one that had long been solidified by great affluence and grandly imposing estates nestled in the rolling countryside northeast of Bath.
He also wrote of his feelings about the peculiarly alluring cave, and of his predictions of what he would find.
The worst part, as the meteorologist said later, was realizing that his own prediction was on its way to Dhrawn and nothing could stop it.
The predictions are to be audited and the man with the best record automatically becomes Prime Predictor regardless of his political beliefs or his alliances.
California State and local governments to prepare an integrated prototype preparedness plan to respond to a catastrophic earthquake in Southern California or to a prediction of such an event.
The subsequent discoveries of gallium, scandium, and germanium bore out his predictions.
Justin showed in the Dialogue that, independently of the theologoumenon of the Logos, he was firmly convinced of the divinity of Christ on the ground of predictions and of the impression made by his personality.
First, beyond the fact that it is a mathematically coherent theory, the only reason we believe in quantum mechanics is because it yields predictions that have been verified to astounding accuracy.
But the effort has been well worth it: the calculations yield predictions about electrons that have been experimentally verified to an accuracy of better than one part in a billion.
By the late 1970s and early 1980s many of its predictions had been verified experimentally, and most particle physicists concluded that it was just a matter of time before the rest were confirmed as well.
But, obviously, in the context of second-century apologetics, this could be taken as a false prediction.