- present tense form of predict (3rd person singular).
predicts
Example Sentences
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The International Energy Agency, external predicts India's electricity demand will increase by 80% by 2035, the sharpest jump among emerging economies.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
And the World Economic Forum predicts global digital jobs will grow by 25% to over 90 million by 2030.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
It will continue to work, he predicts, because someday Bitcoin will be $10 million apiece.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
The government predicts about 42,500 new operators will be needed annually to backfill those leaving the job, and to meet the projected 4% growth in that workforce forecast by 2035.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
Food intake predicts body mass index according to a monotonically increasing relation.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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