predicts

VERB

express an outcome in advance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipate call conclude 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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predicts

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

Soberingly, Bank of America’s chief equity strategist, Michael Hartnett, predicts that the next milestone, $50 trillion, will be reached in July 2029.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026

The most likely categories to use mascots are food, insurance, grocery and retail, according to System1, a firm that predicts how ads will perform.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 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

In 16,000 of these letters he predicts the index will rise, and in the other 16,000 he predicts a decline.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos