Verb: predict pri'dikt
- Make a prediction about; tell in advance
"predict the outcome of an election";
- foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise
- Be a sign of something to come, esp. something important or bad
"These signs predict bad news";
- bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken [archaic], foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, foretoken
Derived forms: predicts, predicting, predicted
Type of: bespeak, betoken [archaic], guess, hazard, indicate, point, pretend, signal, venture
Encyclopedia: Predict