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nounthe act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
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nouna statement made about the future
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Definition that contains prediction
- call make a prediction about; tell in advance
- promise make a prediction about; tell in advance
- prophecy a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
- predict make a prediction about; tell in advance
- horoscope a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
- prospect a prediction of the course of a disease
- forecast a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
- nostradamus French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566)
- cassandra (Greek mythology) a prophetess in Troy during the Trojan War whose predictions were true but were never believed
- projection a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations