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How to use prediction in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Prediction means a statement of what will happen in the future. Example: “His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.”

Examples of prediction by meaning

nounA statement of what will happen in the future.

  • make predictions about something
  • offer up a prediction
  • the prediction came true

More sentences with prediction

  • His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.From the entry age
  • People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction.From the entry shoehorn
  • Many of their predictions came true, but of course, many did not.From the entry come true
  • The oracle's prediction fated Oedipus to kill his father; not all his striving could change what would occur.From the entry fate
  • Start a prediction on it. We want gamba!From the entry gamba
  • A one-tailed hypothesis will make predictions in one particular direction.From the entry tailed
  • The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.From the entry self-fulfilling
  • Take his predictions about our technological and business-development timelines with a grain of salt, because he's an inveterate handwaver.From the entry handwaver
  • Meanwhile I'm arguing with strangers about World Cup predictions on Melee.2026 June 26, Khang ZZ, X. From the entry bearpost
  • Generation is very different from causal prediction from a world model.2024 February 17, @ylecun, Twitter. From the entry world model
  • First, they require no materials and will make a prediction from the chemical structure alone.[2017], D. Bower, K. P. Cross, S. Escher, G. J. Myatt, D. P. Quigley, “In Silico Toxicology: An Overview of Toxicity Databases, Prediction…. From the entry in silico
  • The modified theory is shown to give better prediction for glucose flux across a nephrophane membrane.2016 January 1, “The Balance of Fluid and Osmotic Pressures across Active Biological Membranes with Application to the Corneal…. From the entry nephrophane
  • The Republicans haven't always been on the mark with doomsday predictions about Democratic presidents.2016 June 25, Joel Connelly, “Older, grayer, battle-scarred Obama still 'fired up, ready to go'”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved…. From the entry on the mark
  • This means that the prediction puts fewer constraints on our expectations.2015, Stuart Armstrong, Kaj Sotala, “How We’re Predicting AI – or Failing to”, in Jan Romportl, Eva Zakova, Jozef Kelemen, editors, Beyond…. From the entry caveat
  • In counterpart, of course, the caveatted prediction is likely to be true.2015, Stuart Armstrong, Kaj Sotala, “How We’re Predicting AI – or Failing to”, in Jan Romportl, Eva Zakova, Jozef Kelemen, editors, Beyond…. From the entry caveat
  • When we saw Millennials as kids being raised so differently, we could already make an easy prediction.2015 August 24, Samantha Sharf, quoting Neil Howe, “What is a ‘Millennial’ Anyway? Meet the Man who Coined the Phrase”, in Forbes, New…. From the entry millennial
  • Thus, prediction is similar to forecast which is usually based upon aftercast.2015, H.J. Hsia, Mass Communications Research Methods: A Step-by-Step Approach. From the entry aftercast
  • These predictions may enable new possibilities of particle handling in acoustophoretic techniques..2015, J. P. Leao-Neto, Glauber T. Silva, “Acoustic radiation force and torque exerted on a small viscoelastic particle in an ideal fluid”…. From the entry acoustophoretic
  • This is an unusual election with very strong anti-establishment subcurrents, making predictions problematic.2015 November 7, “And the 2016 Nominees May Be . . .”, in New York Times. From the entry subcurrent
  • Our findings suggest that current precystectomy models for prediction of LN metastasis should be improved further.2015 October 2, “External Validation of Models for Prediction of Lymph Node Metastasis in Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder”, in PLOS…. From the entry precystectomy
  • The spin transresistivity coefficient is essentially enhanced in the diffusive regime, as compared to conventional predictions.2015, A. G. Yashenkin, I. V. Gornyi, “Low-temperature spin Coulomb drag in a two-dimensional electron gas”, in arXiv. From the entry transresistivity
  • If anyone outside Apple saw Swift coming, they certainly weren't making any public predictions.2014 June 5, John Timmer, “A fast look at Swift, Apple’s new programming language”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 25 Mar…. From the entry swift
  • What if the precogs have somehow lost their golden touch and their predictions are no longer impeccable?2011, Peter Murphy, “Public Relations Guide for New Precrime Officers”, in D. E. Wittkower, editor, Philip K. Dick and Philosophy: Do…. From the entry golden touch
  • Browsing old newspapers and Yandexing court reports, we found sentences to fit each prediction.2011 winter, Anthony Marra, “Palace of the People”, in The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories, London; New York, N.Y.: Hogarth, published…. From the entry Yandex
  • Some people use their brains to make predictions, based on existing trends and observations.2007 June 30, Stuart Grey, “Another nigger dusts off a pregnant white chick”, in alt.politics (Usenet), archived from the original on 06…. From the entry kissy up
  • Row 1 of Figure 19 will allow you, once more, to test such a prediction for yourself.2005, Paul Churchland, “Chimerical colors: some phenomenological predictions from cognitive neuroscience”, in Philosophical Psychology…. From the entry hyperbolic
  • "To predictions coming true," Riley agreed, touching her rim to his with a quiet ching of crystal.2004, Jacquie D'Alessandro, We've Got Tonight, Harlequin, published 2004, →ISBN. From the entry ching
  • The medicine man, remembering the previous winter's disastrous prediction, decided to cover himself.1994, Mike Hayes, Tell Us Anothree! More yarns from all around Australia, Sydney: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, published 2001…. From the entry medicine man
  • Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of the muteins under nondenaturing conditions confirmed this prediction (19).1992, Tumor Necrosis Factors. From the entry mutein
  • Talk of the gradual "Haitianization" of the island replaced predictions of economic takeoff.1985, John D. Forbes, Jamaica Managing Political and Economic Change, Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute Press, →ISBN, page 3. From the entry Haitianization
  • Postdiction is almost as hard as prediction; aftcasts almost as hard as forecasts.1977, Ithiel de Sola Pool, Craig Decker, Stephen Dizard, Kay Israel, Pamela Rubin, Barry Weinstein, “Foresight and Hindsight: The Case of…. From the entry aftcast
  • These kinds of latents define the invariant dispositional properties enabling prediction and control of the external environment.1975, Rudolph J. Rummel, Understanding Conflict and War, →ISBN. From the entry latent
  • Predictions written in invisible ink, which appears when papers are heated, come in this general category.[1973, Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy, London: Souvenir Press, published…. From the entry chartomancy
  • There was one case about which the theories made different predictions.1972 December 1, Richard C. Anderson, “Semantic organization and retrieval of information from sentences”, in Journal of Verbal Learning…. From the entry superordinate
  • The essential new feature is, that positions of planets and zodiacal signs are used for long-range predictions.1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 223. From the entry Chaldean
  • The All Over Arkansas Man marks a prediction and calls for the next predictor.1916 August 25, “All Over Arkansas”, in Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, Ark., page four, column 7. From the entry predictor
  • Dull Russias will prove a good selling line for women according to the predictions of certain manufacturers.1914, Shoe and Leather Journal, volume 27, page 36. From the entry Russia

Meaning of prediction

  1. noun A statement of what will happen in the future.
  2. noun A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

Full definition of prediction

Questions about prediction in a sentence

How do you use prediction in a sentence?
Prediction is used as a noun. For example: “His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.”
What is a short sentence with prediction?
“make predictions about something”
What does prediction mean?
Prediction means a statement of what will happen in the future.

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