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noun

as in prediction
a declaration that something will happen in the future those annual predictings by self-styled psychics that grace the front pages of the tabloids

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adjective

as in forecasting

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predicting

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verb

present participle of predict
as in reading
to tell of or describe beforehand I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now

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Recent Examples of predicting
Noun
With the 2025 college football season on the horizon, months of previewing and predicting soon will be in the rearview mirror. — Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
Processor defenses leave a tiny opening Modern processors improve performance by predicting which path a program is likely to follow and beginning the work before the correct path is confirmed. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 But predicting what will be Roman's greatest accomplishments over the course of its five-year-mission is a tricky business. — Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 The National Weather Service is predicting mostly clear skies for Miami with a chance for showers during peak eclipse hours. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 From a cognitive behavioral therapy perspective, predicting that everything will work out is a form of fortune-telling, says Alison McKleroy, a San Francisco therapist and author of The Self-Compassion Journal. — Angela Haupt, Time, 26 Aug. 2026 The experiment found that Claude and ChatGPT were relatively strong at predicting market direction. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 CT scans done for other reasons performed just as well as CAC-specific scans when predicting coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease, and deaths over the next 10 years, research published in Circulation in July concluded. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 26 Aug. 2026 Understanding how wildfire smoke ages is essential for predicting its impacts on human health. — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 The nature of college football is that star players can emerge from relative anonymity, which makes predicting who will be the biggest before the season has even started a difficult endeavor. — Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicting
  1. prediction
  2. reading
  3. forecasting
  4. anticipating
  5. forecast
  6. foretelling
  7. prognosticating
  8. warning
Noun
  • Read below for a list of the match card, a preview and predictions for how All In will shake out.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Code executed during that interruption altered the prediction machinery before the processor could use it.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of prediction
Verb
  • At the same time, Dempsey, one of Lee's business partners, was reading about the neighborhood, too.
    — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Gray is central to the investment calls Blackstone makes, and spends his weekends reading memos on potential deals in preparation for his weekly investment committee meetings.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of reading
Noun
  • Sportsfile via Getty Images There is also a broader forecasting problem.
    — Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • In a post on the NWS website, the forecasting office said the jet stream will remain in the northern half of the country through at least the first week of September.
    — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of forecasting
Verb
  • However, the two bodies are already anticipating an additional cost to taxpayers associated with both future elections, JCEB Democratic Director Sara Zorich said at a July 30 hearing for Perkins’ unsuccessful lawsuit to stop the vote.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Among those anticipating a move, 60% cited lowering housing and maintenance costs as a reason.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of anticipating
Noun
  • With intermittent rain in the forecast over the next week, some sessions could be rescheduled or delayed for hours, corralling fans and shortening the time players have to recover for their next round.
    — Aaron Short, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2026
  • For Michigan, the forecast is essentially divided up between the two peninsulas, but the throughline appears to be milder temperatures and below-average snowfall.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of forecast
Verb
  • But the drama here feels too diagrammatic, foretelling a tragic fate from the first scene onward as everyone parties down like their lives depend on it.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • The Guardian similarly noted more than a dozen $100,000 bets on prediction markets foretelling the February air strikes on Iran, while The New York Times last month reported 150 bets of $1,000 or more predicting the start of the war.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of foretelling
Verb
  • The new rule of thumb when prognosticating about the NBA trade deadline is to never say never — Luka Doncic is a Los Angeles Laker now — but the Nuggets are just too good to mess around with their playoff rotation over a tax bill.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Bank of America Securities analyst Robert Ohmes just downgraded Target from hold to sell, prognosticating another 10-15% share drop.
    — Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Definition of prognosticating
Verb
  • Ukraine is warning the world that airlines and other civilian aircraft must cease operations in Russian airspace or risk being caught in crossfire.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Defense attorneys challenged the reliability of DNA tests and unsuccessfully fought against the public release of the Twiggs interview, warning prosecutors would characterize it as a confession.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of warning

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