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Predicted

Predict \Pre*dict"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Predicted; p. pr. & vb. n. Predicting.] [L. praedictus, p. p. of praedicere to predict; prae before + dicere to say, tell. See Diction, and cf. Preach.] To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet.

Syn: To foretell; prophesy; prognosticate; presage; forebode; foreshow; bode.

Wiktionary
predicted

vb. 1 (en-past of: predict) 2 ;:There are two commonly used definitions of "prediction", the '''predicted''' value and the forecast. The '''predicted''' value estimates the average value of the dependent variable for given values of the regressors.

WordNet
predicted

adj. known beforehand [syn: foreseen, foretold]

Usage examples of "predicted".

Martin Allegro was not thinking of how incongruously comic the historical Fuhrer had looked, not even thinking of the gloomy future Brother Matthew had predicted.

He has predicted that within a decade or so the astronautics industry will be larger than the automotive industry of the entire world.

General Britten had predicted, cleared to reveal a burning orange-white sun, and the desert dust changed color before his eyes.

He was amused at her impatience and accurately predicted what would happen: she would seduce him and then afterward in a parody of concern she would make an extortionary offer.

Marcus Aurelius Cotta sailed the Sinus Gallicus from Massilia to Ostia in winds that veered between perfect and nonexistent, a better passage by far than could have been predicted.

The Centrists and the Crown Loyalists, the two parties which have always been most supportive of the Crown, have fought the entire war despite the endless obstructionism of the Opposition, all of whom predicted that any war with Haven could end only in disaster.

Chena Trust, as predicted by Basante, but she has been reported safely returned to Offshoot and Basante file secured pending future requirements.

As knowledgeable folk had predicted, the berserker fighter machines generally outclassed the obsolescent ships in which the human pilots defending this sector were forced to ride and fight, and mowed them down ruthlessly.

Her behavior, as predicted, wavered between overfulfilling the promise of her appearance or lapsing into a hot-cheeked awkwardness more suited to a schoolroom.

Among other things, the rules predicted that if a graph contained a loop consisting of three trivalent nodes alternating with three pentavalent ones, its most likely successors would share the same pattern, but it would be shifted to an adjoining set of nodes.

The portreeve asked if we could not stay in the lazaret, and when I shook my head, wethe portreeve, Dorcas, and Iwent there to permit him to argue with the physician in charge, who, as I had predicted, refused to have us.

It took less time than Mansur had predicted and the sun was still above the horizon when they reined in on the hills above the wide, glittering bay.

The sacrist alone opposed his election on account of his birth and also because he squinted, and predicted all manner of evils to the monastery if he were elected Abbot.

As Salter had predicted, Hedwin promptly plunged into the subject of Xitli and the cult of the fire god.

A local talent contest, though, had suddenly thrust the senior high beauty queen into an acting contract, a contract that eventually led to more stardom than anyone might have predicted.