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postdict

/pəʊs(t)ˈdɪkt/

postdict verb: to estimate or suppose something which took place in past; to conjecture something that occurred beforehand.

Verb

postdict (third-person singular simple present postdicts, present participle postdicting, simple past and past participle postdicted)

  1. (transitive) To estimate or suppose something which took place in past; to conjecture something that occurred beforehand.

Forms of postdict

third-person singular presentpostdicts
present participlepostdicting
past participlepostdicted
pastpostdicted

Origin of postdict

Modelled on predict; see post-.

Questions about postdict

What does postdict mean?
Postdict means to estimate or suppose something which took place in past; to conjecture something that occurred beforehand.
What part of speech is postdict?
Postdict is a verb.
How do you pronounce postdict?
Postdict is pronounced /pəʊs(t)ˈdɪkt/.
What is the past tense of postdict?
The past tense of postdict is postdicted.

Words near postdict in the dictionary

  1. postdialytic
  2. postdiapause
  3. postdiastemal
  4. postdiastolic
  5. postdiauxic
  6. postdict
  7. postdictatorial
  8. postdictatorship
  9. postdictatorships
  10. postdicted
  11. postdicting

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