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Prediction

//pɹɪˈdɪkʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A statement of what will happen in the future.

    "make predictions about something"

  2. 2
    the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) wordnet
  3. 3
    A probability estimation based on statistical methods.
  4. 4
    a statement made about the future wordnet

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

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