predict
Say what's coming
To predict is to say what will happen before it happens: The model predicts rain tomorrow, No one predicted the market crash.
Prediction can be based on evidence, intuition, or guesswork.
Scientists predict outcomes from data; fortune-tellers predict from tea leaves.
The word implies some claim to knowledge about the future, however founded.
Predict future events
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- presageIndicate beforehand
- prognosticateForetell future events
- prefigureIndicate in advance
foreshadow · portend · divine · augur · bode · adumbrate · envision · expect
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- trendDirection of change
- extrapolationExtending data beyond bounds
simulation · scenario · outlook · trajectory · estimation · algorithm · probability · statistics
Foretelling of future events
- prophesyPredict through revelation
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
augury · divination · prophet · sibyl · foretelling · revelation · apocalypse · visionary
Quantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
estimation · conjecture · speculation · hypothesis · assumption · prospect · guesswork · betting
Unproven inner sense
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- feelingSensed inner state
inkling · foreboding · sense · suspicion · vibes · presentiment · notion · impression
foresee
Predict future events
- anticipateExpect beforehand
- presageIndicate beforehand
- prognosticateForetell future events
prefigure · foreshadow · portend · divine · augur · bode · adumbrate · envision · expect · see
forecast
Prediction of future conditions
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
- trendDirection of change
extrapolation · simulation · scenario · outlook · trajectory · estimation · algorithm · probability · statistics · analysis
prophecy
Foretelling of future events
soothsayer · augury · divination · prophet · sibyl · foretelling · revelation · apocalypse · visionary · fate
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
expectation · estimation · conjecture · speculation · hypothesis · assumption · prospect · guesswork · betting · futures
hunch
Unproven inner sense
- gutDigestive tract, or instinct
- instinctInnate behavioral tendency
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
feeling · inkling · foreboding · sense · suspicion · vibes · presentiment · notion · impression
announce
State something officially
broadcast · reveal · divulge · publish · promulgate · deliver · report · foretell · state · profess
- foretellingprophesy, foretell, foresee, forecast, divine
- expectationsexpect, expectation, anticipate, expectancy, await
- prophecyprophecy, prophet, seer, prophets, prophetess
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- analysisanalyze, analysis, evaluate, data analysis, examine
- cautioncareful, be careful, cautious, caution, watch out
- predictive textAlgorithm suggesting likely words
- weather predictionAnticipated atmospheric conditions
- text predictionAnticipating typed input
- predictable patternsRecurring sequences easily foreseen
- earthquake predictionForecasting when tremors strike
- climate predictionProjecting future atmospheric conditions
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