pre‧dict W3 AC / prɪdɪkt / 动词 [及物动词]

to say that something will happen, before it happens → prediction :

Sales were five percent lower than predicted.

predict (that)

Newspapers predicted that Davis would be re-elected.

predict whether/what/how etc

It is difficult to predict what the long-term effects of the accident will be.

As Liz had predicted , the rumours were soon forgotten.

be predicted to do something

Unemployment is predicted to increase to 700,000 by the end of the year.

THESAURUS

predict to say that something will happen, before it happens : In the future, it may be possible to predict earthquakes. | Scientists are trying to predict what the Amazon will look like in 20 years’ time.

forecast to say what is likely to happen in the future, especially in relation to the weather or the economic or political situation : They’re forecasting a hard winter. | Economists forecast that there would be a recession.

project to say what the amount, size, cost etc of something is likely to be in the future, using the information you have now : The world’s population is projected to rise by 45%.

can say especially spoken be able to know what will happen in the future : No one can say what the next fifty years will bring. | I can’t say exactly how much it will cost.

foretell to say correctly what will happen in the future, using special religious or magical powers : The woman claimed that she had the gift of foretelling the future. | It all happened as the prophet had foretold.

prophesy to say that something will happen because you feel that it will, or by using special religious or magical powers : He’s one of those people who are always prophesying disaster. | The coming of a great Messiah is prophesied in the Bible. | He prophesied that the world would end in 2012. | Marx prophesied that capitalism would destroy itself.

foresee to know that something is going to happen before it happens : They should have foreseen these problems. | No one foresaw the outcome of the war.

have a premonition to have a strange feeling that something is about to happen, especially something bad, usually just before it happens : Suddenly I had a strange premonition of danger ahead.