predictions
Anticipated outcome statements
Predictions are statements about what will happen in the future.
The word covers everything from weather forecasts to election polls to psychic readings: Her predictions about the stock market proved accurate.
In science and statistics, predictions are testable claims derived from theories or models.
In casual use, prediction often implies guesswork: My prediction is they'll be late.
Study of atmospheric phenomena
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
- modelsScaled representations or fashion workers
simulation · trends · analysis · patterns · temperature · precipitation · barometer · humidity
Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
- runesOld Germanic script
tea-leaves · horoscope · zodiac · numerology · fortune-telling · psychic · clairvoyant · seer
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
apocalypse · visionary · messianic · eschatology · premonition · foretelling · sibyl · omen
Testable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
surmise · theory · hunch · inference · supposition · postulation · ballpark · guesstimate
Belief about future outcomes
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
suspense · uncertainty · preparation · readiness · awaiting · foreseeing · bracing · countdown
Quantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- modelingSimulating or demonstrating form
regression · algorithm · correlation · variables · outcomes · accuracy · precision · data-driven
meteorology
Study of atmospheric phenomena
- weatherAtmospheric state outdoors
- climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
- projectionsEstimates extending forward
models · simulation · trends · analysis · patterns · temperature · precipitation · barometer · humidity · doppler
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Divination card set
- astrologyDivination by celestial positions
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- palmistryReading hands for fortunes
runes · tea-leaves · horoscope · zodiac · numerology · fortune-telling · psychic · clairvoyant · seer · augury
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- harbingerOne who foreshadows
revelation · apocalypse · visionary · messianic · eschatology · premonition · foretelling · sibyl · omen · divine
hypothesis
Testable proposed explanation
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
- estimationApproximate value judgment
- guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
assumption · surmise · theory · hunch · inference · supposition · postulation · ballpark · guesstimate · prognostication
expectation
Belief about future outcomes
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- hopeDesire for good outcomes
anxiety · suspense · uncertainty · preparation · readiness · awaiting · foreseeing · bracing · countdown · buildup
probability
Quantified chance of occurrence
- likelihoodChance something will occur
- oddsLikelihood expressed numerically
- projectionSomething that extends outward
modeling · regression · algorithm · correlation · variables · outcomes · accuracy · precision · data-driven · extrapolation
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
- forecastsweather forecast, sales forecast, revenue forecast, budget forecast, profit forecast
- Future Planninggoals, resolutions, forecasts, trends, planning
- premonitionspremonitions, forebodings, presentiments, forewarnings, omens
- sports culturefan clubs, highlights, commentary, live reporting, analysis
- sports bettingodds, bets, bookmaker, bet, sportsbook
predictionshistory
Record of past events
hindsight · retrospection · the past · recollections · memories
predictionsfacts
Verifiable pieces of truth
certainties · known quantities · actualities · realities · outcomes
predictionsobservations
Noted perceptions
reports · descriptions · recordings · documentation · testimony
- weather predictionAnticipated atmospheric conditions
- text predictionAnticipating typed input
- earthquake predictionForecasting when tremors strike
- climate predictionProjecting future atmospheric conditions
- astrological predictionFortune based on planets
- word predictionAnticipating typed text