'Prediction' definitions:
Definition of 'prediction'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) [syn: prediction, anticipation, prevision]
noun
Definition of 'Prediction'
From: GCIDE
- Prediction \Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. pr['e]diction.] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy. [1913 Webster]
- The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; soothsaying; vaticination. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prediction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aftertime,
- afteryears,
- anticipation,
- augury,
- by-and-by,
- cast,
- conjecture,
- contemplation,
- course ahead,
- crystal ball,
- determinism,
- discretion,
- distant future,
- envisagement,
- envisionment,
- eventuality,
- expectation,
- farseeingness,
- farsightedness,
- forecast,
- forefeeling,
- foreglance,
- foregleam,
- foreglimpse,
- forehandedness,
- foreseeing,
- foresight,
- foresightedness,
- foretelling,
- forward look,
- future,
- future tense,
- futurism,
- futurity,
- guess,
- hereafter,
- hint,
- hunch,
- immediate future,
- immediate prospect,
- imminence,
- intimation,
- longsightedness,
- looking ahead,
- near future,
- offing,
- outlook,
- posteriority,
- preapprehension,
- premonition,
- preparation,
- prepublication,
- presage,
- presagement,
- presentiment,
- preview,
- prevision,
- probability,
- prognosis,
- prognostication,
- project,
- prophecy,
- prospect,
- prospection,
- providence,
- provision,
- prudence,
- readiness,
- sagacity,
- suggestion,
- the future,
- the morrow,
- the sweet by-and-by,
- time ahead,
- time just ahead,
- time to come,
- tomorrow,
- weird