prediction
USpri-DIK-shuhn/pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/
Pluralpredictions
- 1A guess or statement about what will happen later.
Like telling a friend it will rain tomorrow before any clouds appear.
Her prediction about the weather turned out to be correct.
He made a bold prediction that his team would win the cup.
Similarforecast, prognosis, prognostication, prevision
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- 2A guess about how likely something is to happen, worked out using numbers and data.
The weather app's prediction gave a 70 percent chance of rain.
Using data from past games, the prediction gave our team a one in four chance of winning.
Similarestimate, forecast, projection
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Origin
It comes from the Latin word "praedictiō". It is made from "predict" plus "-ion".