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Synonyms for predicting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pri-dikt |
| Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈdɪkt |
Top 10 synonyms for predicting Other synonyms for the word predicting
- be afraid
- call it
- croak
- crystal-ball divine
- figure
- figure out
- forebode
- forespeak
- foretell
- gather
- guess
- have a hunch
- hazard a guess
- infer
- judge
- make book
- omen
- portend
- presage
- presume
- prognosticate
- prophesy
- psych out
- read
- see coming
- see handwriting on wall
- size up
- soothsay
- suppose
- surmise
- telegraph
- vaticinate
Définition of predicting
Origin :- 1620s (implied in predicted), "foretell, prophesy," a back formation from prediction or else from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicere "foretell, advise, give notice," from prae "before" (see pre-) + dicere "to say" (see diction). Related: Predicted; predicting.
- verb express an outcome in advance
- Before this had happened twice, all the town was talking about it, and predicting evil.
- Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
- I must say she seems better at reading the past than predicting the future.
- Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer » by Jessie Graham Flower
- You need no longer laugh at me for predicting your fate in San Francisco.
- Extract from : « The Crusade of the Excelsior » by Bret Harte
- The other went on lecturing her, predicting they would end in the workhouse.
- Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
- And yet this friend ended like the rest in predicting defeat.
- Extract from : « The Light of the Star » by Hamlin Garland
- Herodotus traces the custom of predicting future events to the ancient Egyptians, and seems to think the Greeks had it from them.
- Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
- There were too many intangibles, and there was no way of predicting how it would turn out.
- Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
- It forms the basis for decision making and predicting outcomes.
- Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
- They all fixed it for that day fortnight, but it was done while they were predicting.
- Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
- But she had warned him against this, predicting desolation and grief if he returned.
- Extract from : « The Country Beyond » by James Oliver Curwood
Antonyms for predicting
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