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The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

predict

SYLLABICATION:	pre·dict
PRONUNCIATION:	pr-dkt
VERB:	Inflected forms: pre·dict·ed, pre·dict·ing, pre·dicts
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To foretell something; prophesy.
ETYMOLOGY:	Latin praedcere, praedict- : prae-, pre- + dcere, to say; see deik- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	pre·dicta·bili·ty —NOUN pre·dicta·ble —ADJECTIVE pre·dicta·bly —ADVERB pre·dictive —ADJECTIVE pre·dictive·ly —ADVERB pre·dictive·ness —NOUN pre·dictor —NOUN
SYNONYMS:	predict, call, forecast, foretell, prognosticate These verbs mean to tell about something in advance of its occurrence by means of special knowledge or inference: predict an eclipse; couldn't call the outcome of the game; forecasting the weather; foretold events that would happen; prognosticating a rebellion.


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