Word of the Day:
prediction
What It Means
A statement of what will happen in the future.
A probability estimation based on statistical methods.
make predictions about something
Did You Know?
Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.
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