The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Source: tatoeba (2289)
Predict
//pɹɪˈdɪkt//
Synonyms for "predict" (121 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (60)
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1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
15 entriesderived
14 entriesetymologically related_to
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
100 translations across 51 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- θεσπίζω verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- προθεσπίζω verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Arabic
1 entries- تَنَبَّأَ verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Armenian
1 entries- կանխատեսել verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Asturian
3 entries- augurar verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- augurar verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- predicir verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Basque
1 entries- aurresan verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Bulgarian
4 entries- предскажа verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- предсказвам verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- прогнозирам verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- пророкувам verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Catalan
1 entries- predir verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 預判 /预判 verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- 預測 /预测 verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- 預言 /预言 verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Czech
3 entries- předpovídat verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- předpovědět verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- předvídat verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Dutch
1 entries- voorspellen verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Egyptian
2 entries- s-r-E27-A2 verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- s-r-E27-A2 verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Estonian
1 entries- ennustama verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Finnish
3 entries- ennakoida verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- ennustaa verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- ennustaa verb (to foretell or prophesy)
French
2 entries- prédire verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- prédire verb (to foretell or prophesy)
German
2 entries- prophezeien verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- vorhersagen verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Greek
2 entries- προβλέπω verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- προφητεύω verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Hungarian
2 entries- előrejelez verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- megjósol verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Icelandic
1 entries- spá verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Ido
3 entries- augurar verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- predicar verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- predicar verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Interlingua
1 entries- predicer verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Irish
2 entries- réamhaithris verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- tuar verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Italian
2 entries- predire verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- profetizzare verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Japanese
1 entries- 予言する verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Khmer
2 entries- ចាប់យាម verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- ទាយ verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Korean
2 entries- 예언하다 verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- 예측하다 verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Lao
1 entries- ທຳນວາຍ verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Latin
4 entries- cano verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- cano verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- caveo verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- praecaveo verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Latvian
1 entries- paredzēt verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Macedonian
2 entries- предвиди verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- предвидува verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Māori
3 entries- matakite verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- matapae verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- poropiti verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spå verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Old Norse
1 entries- spá verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Oromo
1 entries- raajuu verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Persian
1 entries- پیشگویی verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Piedmontese
1 entries- predì verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Polish
2 entries- przewidywać verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- przewidzieć verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Portuguese
2 entries- predizer verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- prever verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Romanian
1 entries- prezice verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Russian
4 entries- предре́чь verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- предрека́ть verb (to foretell or prophesy)
- предска́зывать verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- предска́зывать verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Scots
1 entries- spae verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- predskazati verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- predvidjeti verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- prognozirati verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Slovak
1 entries- predpovedať verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Spanish
1 entries- predecir verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Swahili
2 entries- bashiri verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- bashiri verb (to foretell or prophesy)
Swedish
3 entries- förutsäga verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- sia verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- spå verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Tamil
1 entries- கணி verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Thai
1 entries- ทำนาย verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Turkish
2 entries- tahmin etmek verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- öngörmek verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Ukrainian
2 entries- передбачити verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
- передбачувати verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dự báo verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Volapük
1 entries- büosagön verb (to state, or make something known in advance)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
We cannot really predict anything.
Source: tatoeba (22662)
Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century.
Source: tatoeba (23978)
Dan's completely off the wall; you can't predict what he's going to do next.
Source: tatoeba (40293)
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