Antonyms for predicting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : pri-dikt
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈdɪkt


Definition of predicting

Origin :
  • 1620s (implied in predicted), "foretell, prophesy," a back formation from prediction or else from Latin praedicatus, past participle of praedicere "foretell, advise, give notice," from prae "before" (see pre-) + dicere "to say" (see diction). Related: Predicted; predicting.
  • verb express an outcome in advance
Example sentences :
  • Before this had happened twice, all the town was talking about it, and predicting evil.
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • I must say she seems better at reading the past than predicting the future.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • You need no longer laugh at me for predicting your fate in San Francisco.
  • Extract from : « The Crusade of the Excelsior » by Bret Harte
  • The other went on lecturing her, predicting they would end in the workhouse.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • And yet this friend ended like the rest in predicting defeat.
  • Extract from : « The Light of the Star » by Hamlin Garland
  • Herodotus traces the custom of predicting future events to the ancient Egyptians, and seems to think the Greeks had it from them.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • There were too many intangibles, and there was no way of predicting how it would turn out.
  • Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
  • It forms the basis for decision making and predicting outcomes.
  • Extract from : « When You Don't Know Where to Turn » by Steven J. Bartlett
  • They all fixed it for that day fortnight, but it was done while they were predicting.
  • Extract from : « Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • But she had warned him against this, predicting desolation and grief if he returned.
  • Extract from : « The Country Beyond » by James Oliver Curwood

Synonyms for predicting

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