predicts
Saypri-DIKTS/pɹɪˈdɪkts/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of predict.
The new model predicts traffic delays with surprising accuracy.
A good economist rarely predicts the exact timing of a recession.
Note
Agreement is the only work the -s does: it marks a single subject in the present, and every meaning of predict comes along with it. A forecaster predicts rain; a cautious one seldom predicts at all; and a theory predicts a result, meaning it implies that result rather than foresees it. That last use is worth spotting, because nothing about the future need be involved.
predicts is a form of predict
predict, verb: To forecast or estimate a future event using knowledge and reasoning, or to foretell one through claimed mystical power. Full entry
- Forms
- predictpredicts he/she/itpredicting -ing formpredicted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- predict → predicts: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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