verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
predict the future (=say what will happen in the future)
▪ No-one can predict the future of boxing.
predict the outcome (=say what the final result will be)
▪ It is too early to predict the final outcome of the survey.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
accurately
▪ Thus Price's work is criticised because of its failure to accurately predict growth rates.
▪ Clearly through representation, he accurately predicts a cause-and-effect relationship.
▪ They stressed that at present no test is available which will predict accurately anyone at risk of a heart attack.
▪ In their view, Spengler diagnosed the main historical trends of human society and accurately predicted the fate of decaying bourgeois society.
▪ He had accurately predicted the necessity of a better organised army to defend Ulthuan against the increasing strength of the Dark Elves.
▪ They can no longer rely on conventional market research to predict accurately the spending habits of ageing baby boomers or their children.
also
▪ It also predicts a stress-superposition law which has been observed experimentally.
▪ Thomas also predicted that if gaming dies, the effect will be widespread.
▪ He also predicted that even if Aristide won he would not be permitted to assume the presidency.
▪ Kerrey also predicted the Democrats would take away the seat held by Sen.
▪ Sinclair with his similar, hut cheaper set also predicts great things despite industrial hiccups at his Dundee production plant.
▪ The authors also predict an increase in violent storms, fires, landslides and avalanches in the Alpine region as well as widespread deforestation.
▪ She has also predicted her own death a week before my return to Achnacarry.
▪ The model also predicts that the higher the value of the greater, ceterisparibus, the value of.
confidently
▪ These studies confidently predict that at any plausible temperatures in Jupiter no solid molecular hydrogen surface is encountered.
▪ Lowell instituted a search for this unknown planet, confidently predicting exactly where it should be.
▪ Laura Ashley, on the brink of collapse two years ago, confidently predicted a return to profitability and outlined expansion plans.
how
▪ In order to predict how the universe should have started off, one needs laws that hold at the beginning of time.
▪ Phil Gramm of Texas set for himself in predicting how well he would do in the Louisiana and Iowa caucuses.
▪ But no-one can predict how new joints will last.
▪ To be sure, predicting how many cell phones and semiconductors to make is a difficult game.
▪ It must, moreover, try to predict how they will move in the future.
▪ The differ-ent interests involved are so numerous and so contradictory that no one could reasonably predict how present conflicts will turn out.
▪ That does not mean he could not be right in predicting how computer evolution could proceed.
▪ Ask them to predict how many drops of water a penny will hold.
■ NOUN
analyst
▪ Many analysts predict that clearance of the Lloyds bid would hand victory to Lloyds over the nil-premium merger with BoS.
▪ City analysts predict a price war in the telecommunications market.
▪ Eight analysts surveyed Friday had predicted pretax profit of between 130 million pounds and 127 million pounds.
▪ In 1995 analysts predicted that the earnings of technology companies would increase by 16 %.
▪ Many industry analysts are predicting a slight industry recession in 1998.
▪ Wall Street analysts had predicted revenue of between $ 26 million and $ 28 million.
▪ Education analysts predict that college costs will be at least 80 percent higher by 2005 than they are today.
behaviour
▪ Complete trust means knowing some one so wall we can always predict their behaviour, which is impossible.
▪ These parameters are then used in the model to predict the behaviour of the basin.
▪ Using generalizations using a property to predict behaviour proof by appeal to a generalization 3.
▪ Finally, it should go without saying that Presocratic theories do not allow one to predict behaviour.
change
▪ Human knowledge is as yet unable to predict such changes.
▪ In November, the jobless rate was 8. 6 percent and analysts predicted little change for December.
▪ Both of them seem to involve precognition, predicting dramatic changes in the destiny of great men.
▪ But how does entropy help us to predict whether a change will take place or not?
▪ Such a forecast would not attempt to predict the moment-to-moment changes that have led to the steady state.
▪ It is predicted that these changes will result in significance shifts in the rating burden.
▪ It is difficult to predict the outcome of changes in the terms of employment of teachers.
experts
▪ But experts predict interest rates will have to jump to protect the pound.
▪ The experts are now predicting dengue fever will be showing up here soon.
▪ Another team of Tinseltown experts on Variety magazine predicted it would be 1992's biggest box-office flop.
▪ However, many experts predict economic and financial obstacles will cause a delay of several years.
▪ But experts predict that a landslide would rupture chlorine tanks.
▪ When the holiday shopping season began, experts predicted a strong season for retailers.
▪ Economic experts predicted that the unemployment rate would rise to over 1,000,000 by 1991.
▪ A year ago, the experts were predicting another one-term presidency.
future
▪ The future is hard to predict.
▪ The bright future predicted when Crawford had travelled to Hollywood two years earlier had turned sour.
growth
▪ The government predicted a growth rate of 7.8 percent in 1991.
▪ He predicted 8 percent growth this year, compared with 22 percent last year.
▪ Thus Price's work is criticised because of its failure to accurately predict growth rates.
▪ Each year forecasters predict that growth will resume the next.
▪ Economists are predicting zero growth for the fourth quarter.
▪ Two decades ago, he said, they were likely to predict solid earnings growth when analysts called.
▪ Despite the steady stream of layoffs, federal statisticians are predicting growth in select industries or fields.
industry
▪ After such a heated year, many in the apartment industry predict calmer days ahead.
▪ Many industry analysts are predicting a slight industry recession in 1998.
▪ Some in the industry even predicted that e-commerce would spell the death of malls.
market
▪ Key player Reckitt &038; Colman predicts that the market will be worth £750m by the end of the decade.
▪ In addition, the resulting change in reserves can be predicted precisely and open market operations are readily reversible.
▪ By 1994 Lipton predicts the market will be moving again.
▪ Analysts predict the market for the thin panels could be $ 15 billion by the turn of the century.
model
▪ The longer stride actually slowed his progress by 30 percent, exactly as the model had predicted.
▪ It was several times worse than the worst case the computer models had predicted.
▪ Most convection models predict that convection cells have similar horizontal and vertical dimensions, although arguments have been presented against this idea.
▪ A reduction in computational complexity will provide greater flexibility in choice of models used to predict outcomes and correlations.
▪ Such detachment models predict that two types of passive margin will be produced by continental rupture.
▪ The theoretical basis for this rests on economic models which predict that there are net welfare gains available from removing these barriers.
▪ The model correctly predicts a downturn in fertility around 1964.
▪ These parameters are then used in the model to predict the behaviour of the basin.
official
▪ This year tourism officials are predicting figures closer to 400,000.
▪ Housing officials predicted the case would lead to broader application of the fair housing law across the country.
▪ Five years from now, officials predict that the cost of housing prisoners may be close to $ 5 billion.
▪ San Francisco elections officials predict a 30 percent turnout at best; campaign managers and pollsters think election officials are optimistic.
▪ In the short term, the administration budget would produce lower payments by the government for each visit, the official predicted.
outcome
▪ The longitudinal data will be utilised to investigate change over time and the factors which predict good or poor outcome.
▪ Sometimes in a tournament I can predict the exact outcome of the shot before he makes it.
▪ We have shown that red cell volume predicts outcome in preterm infants.
▪ A reduction in computational complexity will provide greater flexibility in choice of models used to predict outcomes and correlations.
▪ And it will attempt to predict the specific outcome from the implementation of company plans.
▪ This accords with our finding that median arterial-alveolar oxygen tension ratio predicts respiratory outcome better than the minimum ratio.
▪ I hope he doesn't suffer the same fate as those who first used a computer to predict an election's outcome.
▪ The major defence pollsters give is that quota samples generally predict the outcome of elections pretty well.
price
▪ This suggest that mispricings can be used to predict subsequent price movements.
▪ The examination boards predicted a price war after one offered discounts in return for an exclusive deal with schools.
▪ It predicts that prices will continue to fall, both for basic capacity and for value-added services.
▪ It also predicts that real commodity prices will continue to weaken, with another average decline of 2 percent projected for 1988.
▪ City analysts predict a price war in the telecommunications market.
rate
▪ The government predicted a growth rate of 7.8 percent in 1991.
▪ It initially predicted a rate of 2. 8 percent after 2. 6 percent in 1995.
▪ Thus Price's work is criticised because of its failure to accurately predict growth rates.
▪ Proponents, however, predict rates will be cut, perhaps by as much as 40 percent.
▪ In a perfect world, a dentist would be able to predict the rate of decay of a tooth.
▪ Clinton and Riley predicted the student default rate will continue to decline as direct lending expands.
▪ But experts predict interest rates will have to jump to protect the pound.
▪ Mr Ricchiuto predicts long-term interest rates will rise through the 7 % level this year.
report
▪ The report predicts 1991 will see further declines in occupancy and achieved room rates.
result
▪ It is difficult to see how this latter analysis can predict the results obtained.
▪ Only last week, Dole predicted a similar result this time but backed off as his poll numbers dipped.
▪ It is therefore impossible, from the results of one deformation-gradient history to predict the results of any other.
▪ Perhaps you can predict the results.
▪ In general, quantum mechanics does not predict a single definite result for an observation.
▪ But so far, the government has not dared to predict when good results may come.
▪ The calculations are then used to predict experimental results.
▪ In classical mechanics one can predict the results of measuring both the position and the velocity of a particle.
theory
▪ A theory is meant to predict, to control, to create certainty.
▪ Indeed it does, and that is exactly what the evolutionary theory would predict.
▪ These theories predict a positive relationship between daily volume and volatility, as illustrated in Fig. 8.4.
▪ When he found that his theory exactly predicted the path of Mercury, he was beside himself with happiness for days.
▪ The eggs develop there, and as the theory predicts, it is the female sea horse who courts the male.
▪ The theory that predicts the existence of the W and Z particles evolved largely through attempts to understand the weak nuclear force.
▪ Let us examine what his theory predicts, without getting tangled up in the mathematics.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a major earthquake that no-one had predicted
▪ Most of the papers are predicting an easy victory for the Dallas Cowboys.
▪ Some scientists predict that the Earth's temperature will rise by as much as 5° over the next 20 years.
▪ The newspapers are predicting a close election.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But no-one can predict how new joints will last.
▪ But not in any form I could have predicted.
▪ Economists are predicting zero growth for the fourth quarter.
▪ Even the amount of time remaining is almost impossible to predict.
▪ In three years, Mr Kern predicts, every major fund group will offer a microcap fund.
▪ It is also possible to predict under what pathologic circumstances excretion of free water would be impaired.
▪ Purdue was not predicted to win any of them.
▪ Time and again, his detractors predicted that he would cancel elections and referendums.