prediction (noun)

См. также в других словарях:

• prediction — ► NOUN 1) a thing predicted; a forecast. 2) the action of predicting …   English terms dictionary

• prediction — predict pre‧dict [prɪˈdɪkt] verb [transitive] to say what you think will happen: • Wall Street had been predicting a quarterly profit of 5 cents per share. predict that • Economists are predicting that growth will slow. • Unemployment is… …   Financial and business terms

• prediction — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ accurate, correct, good, precise, right, successful ▪ the best available prediction of future interest rates ▪ It turned out my prediction was ri …   Collocations dictionary

• prediction — noun (C, U) something that you say is going to happen, or the act of saying what you think is going to happen (+ of): Earlier predictions of a Republican victory began to look increasingly unlikely. | make a prediction: I d find it very hard to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• prediction — noun seven months later, his prediction came true Syn: forecast, prophecy, prognosis, prognostication, augury; projection, conjecture, guess …   Thesaurus of popular words

• prediction — noun Date: 1561 1. an act of predicting 2. something that is predicted ; forecast …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• prediction — noun /pɹɪˈdɪkʃn/ A statement of what will happen in the future. Its tough to make predictions, especially about the future. or (in translation from Danish) Syn: forecast, prognosis, prognostication …   Wiktionary

• prediction market — noun speculative market with the purpose of making predictions Syn: predictive market, information market, decision market, idea future, event derivative, virtual market …   Wiktionary

• prediction — noun a thing predicted; a forecast. ↘the action of predicting …   English new terms dictionary

• prediction — noun Syn: forecast, prophecy, prognosis, prognostication …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• prediction */*/ — UK [prɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms prediction : singular prediction plural predictions a statement about what you think will happen in the future, or the process of making such a statement prediction of: a prediction… …   English dictionary