English Online Dictionary. What means prediction? What does prediction mean?
English
Alternative forms
- prædiction (archaic)
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
- Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
- Hyphenation: pre‧dic‧tion
Noun
prediction (plural predictions)
- A statement of what will happen in the future.
- Synonyms: forecast, foretale, foretelling, prevision, prognosis, prognostication
- make predictions about something
- correct prediction
- offer up a prediction
- incorrect prediction
- the prediction came true
- (statistics) A probability estimation based on statistical methods.
Derived terms
Related terms
- predict