- present tense form of predict (3rd person singular).
predicts
Example Sentences
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With unseasonably warm weather and the start of an El Niño cycle, Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab Director Chris Lowe predicts this sighting is just the start of a ‘very sharky summer.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
A British government report released last month predicts “major sources of pressure on public finances over the next 50 years” as social spending consumes an ever-growing share of GDP.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Soberingly, Bank of America’s chief equity strategist Michael Hartnett predicts that the milestone of $50 trillion will be reached in July 2029.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Once the big AI platforms start facing pressure from shareholders to show a profit, he predicts: "They will start clamping down."
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
With my death, he predicts a turning of the tide in the war, since the demoralized rebels have no one left to follow.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
