predict
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/prɪˈdɪkt/
/prɪˈdɪkt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they predict | /prɪˈdɪkt/ /prɪˈdɪkt/ |
| he / she / it predicts | /prɪˈdɪkts/ /prɪˈdɪkts/ |
| past simple predicted | /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ |
| past participle predicted | /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ /prɪˈdɪktɪd/ |
| -ing form predicting | /prɪˈdɪktɪŋ/ /prɪˈdɪktɪŋ/ |
- to say that something will happen in the future synonym forecast
- predict something a reliable method of predicting earthquakes
- Nobody could predict the outcome.
- to predict the future
- He predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year.
- The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats.
- predict what, whether, etc… It is impossible to predict what will happen.
- predict (that)… She predicted (that) the election result would be close.
- He predicted (that) it would be a smash hit.
- it is predicted that… It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
- somebody/something is predicted to do something The trial is predicted to last for months.
- This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2015.
Language Bank expectexpectDiscussing predictions- By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over.
- The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to more than double by 2050.
- Experts have predicted/forecast that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050.
- World population is set to reach 9.8 billion by 2050.
- Net migration into Britain over the last decade was higher than expected.
- Overall population growth in Britain has been in line with predictions.
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintya2- Every step in the movie is easily predicted.
- Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory.
- You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy.
- Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball.
- It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise.
- It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have.
- We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react.
- I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- correctly
- reliably
- successfully
- …
- be able to
- be unable to
- can
- …
- from
- be widely predicted
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin praedict- ‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae- ‘beforehand’ + dicere ‘say’.