Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prediction"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prediction \Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F.
pr['e]diction.]
The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold;
prophecy.
The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon.
Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury;
divination; soothsaying; vaticination.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prediction
n 1: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
[syn: {anticipation}, {prevision}]
2: a statement made about the future [syn: {foretelling}, {forecasting}]
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