predict

[pri-dikt] / prɪˈdɪkt /

VERB

express an outcome in advance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipate call conclude crystal-ball envision forecast foresee think

STRONG

adumbrate augur conjecture croak figure forebode foretell gather guess infer judge omen portend presage presume prognosticate prophesy read suppose surmise telegraph vaticinate

WEAK

be afraid call it crystal-ball divine figure out forespeak have a hunch hazard a guess make book psych out see coming see handwriting on wall size up soothsay

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignore

STRONG

calculate disbelieve measure misunderstand

Example Sentences

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"Can we find mechanisms to explain the findings and signatures that might help predict patients who will respond to the diet?"

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The yield curve and other indicators can’t really predict recessions, but I’ll still take a look at them.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Management is turning to artificial intelligence to help better predict fit before shoppers order.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Richard's prediction: This is a tough game to call, the hardest tie to predict.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

This seventeenth-century instrument, known as Galileo’s jovilabe, was used to predict the positions of Jupiter’s moons.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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