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1 Voraussage
f; -, -n prediction; (Wetterprognose) forecast (auch WIRTS. etc.); Voraussagen machen make predictions, try and predict the future* * *die Voraussageprediction; prognostication* * *Vo|raus|sa|gefprediction; (= Wettervoraussage) forecast* * *Vo·raus·sa·ge<-, -en>f prediction* * *die s. Vorhersage* * *Voraussagen machen make predictions, try and predict the future* * *die s. Vorhersage* * *f.prediction n.prognostication n. -
2 conjeturar
v.1 to conjecture about, to make predictions about.2 to take a guess, to conjecture, to guess, to have a supposition.María supone bien Mary supposes well.* * *1 to conjecture* * *VT to guess, guess at, surmise (de, por from) ( que that)* * *1.verbo intransitivo to speculate, conjecture (frml)2.conjeturar vt to speculate on o about* * *= surmise.Ex. One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.* * *1.verbo intransitivo to speculate, conjecture (frml)2.conjeturar vt to speculate on o about* * *= surmise.Ex: One is to read a portion of the newspaper and to surmise under what headings it has been indexed.
* * *conjeturar [A1 ]vi■ conjeturarvtto speculate on o aboutse podría conjeturar el origen de la iniciativa one could speculate on o about o ( frml) conjecture as to the origin of the initiative, one could hazard a guess at the origin of the initiative* * *
conjeturar verbo transitivo to conjecture
' conjeturar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calcular
- poner
- sospechar
English:
surmise
- conjecture
* * *conjeturar vtto conjecture about, to make predictions about;puedo conjeturar que el futuro se presenta brillante I can predict a brilliant future ahead* * *v/t conjecture* * *conjeturar vt: to guess, to conjecture -
3 prediction
nпредсказание; прогноз; прогнозирование- feasibility prediction
- long-run prediction
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4 wyrokować
(-uję, -ujesz)* * *ipf.1. (= przewidywać) cast l. make predictions, make a call.2. (= decydować) determine.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > wyrokować
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5 создавать теорию
•One way to establish (or develop, or elaborate) a theory is to make predictions...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > создавать теорию
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6 spå
predict, prophesy* * *vb foretell ( fx his death; that he will die; what will happen),( profetere) prophesy ( fx the result of the election);( især: ud fra beregninger el. viden) predict ( fx the result of the election), forecast ( fx a bad harvest; how many will fail the examination);( varsle) bode, augur ( fx it bodes (el. augurs) well (, ill) for his future career);[ spå en] tell somebody's fortune ( fx in the cards);( uden objekt) tell (, F: foretell, predict) the future (i from, fxcards, the stars, coffee grounds, tea leaves);( om spåkone) tell fortunes;[ mennesket spår, Gud rå'r] man proposes, God disposes;( svarer til) don't make predictions, particularly about the future. -
7 tengok
peep* * *behold, beholded, beholded, beholding* * *view something; visit; look; make predictions -
8 не позволяют нам ответить на этот вопрос
Не позволяют нам ответить па этот вопрос-- To what extent does it influence the mechanical behavior? The results of the present investigation do not permit us to make predictions.Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > не позволяют нам ответить на этот вопрос
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9 prognoz|a
f 1. (przewidywanie) forecast- prognoza pogody a weather forecast- jaka jest na jutro prognoza? what’s the weather forecast for tomorrow?- prognozy wyborcze/ekonomiczne election/economic forecasts- wynik był gorszy, niż przewidywały prognozy the result was worse than forecast a. predicted- snuć prognozy na przyszłość to make predictions for the future2. Med. prognosis- prognozy lekarzy nie są dobre the prognosis is poorThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > prognoz|a
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10 Delphi technique
Gen Mgta qualitative forecasting method in which a panel of experts respond individually to a questionnaire or series of questionnaires, before reaching a consensus. The Delphi technique requires individual submission of, and response to, the questionnaire on the topic under investigation, in order to avoid the effect of a dominant personality influencing a group discussion. A summary of the written replies is then distributed so that responses can be revised in the light of the views expressed. This cycle is repeated until the coordinator of the group is satisfied that the best possible consensus has been reached. The Delphi technique was developed at the Rand Corporation during the late 1940s and 1950s and owes its name to the Greek oracle at Delphi, which was believed to make predictions about the future. -
11 menengok
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12 Artificial Intelligence
In my opinion, none of [these programs] does even remote justice to the complexity of human mental processes. Unlike men, "artificially intelligent" programs tend to be single minded, undistractable, and unemotional. (Neisser, 1967, p. 9)Future progress in [artificial intelligence] will depend on the development of both practical and theoretical knowledge.... As regards theoretical knowledge, some have sought a unified theory of artificial intelligence. My view is that artificial intelligence is (or soon will be) an engineering discipline since its primary goal is to build things. (Nilsson, 1971, pp. vii-viii)Most workers in AI [artificial intelligence] research and in related fields confess to a pronounced feeling of disappointment in what has been achieved in the last 25 years. Workers entered the field around 1950, and even around 1960, with high hopes that are very far from being realized in 1972. In no part of the field have the discoveries made so far produced the major impact that was then promised.... In the meantime, claims and predictions regarding the potential results of AI research had been publicized which went even farther than the expectations of the majority of workers in the field, whose embarrassments have been added to by the lamentable failure of such inflated predictions....When able and respected scientists write in letters to the present author that AI, the major goal of computing science, represents "another step in the general process of evolution"; that possibilities in the 1980s include an all-purpose intelligence on a human-scale knowledge base; that awe-inspiring possibilities suggest themselves based on machine intelligence exceeding human intelligence by the year 2000 [one has the right to be skeptical]. (Lighthill, 1972, p. 17)4) Just as Astronomy Succeeded Astrology, the Discovery of Intellectual Processes in Machines Should Lead to a Science, EventuallyJust as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations on intellectual processes in machines should lead to a science, eventually. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)5) Problems in Machine Intelligence Arise Because Things Obvious to Any Person Are Not Represented in the ProgramMany problems arise in experiments on machine intelligence because things obvious to any person are not represented in any program. One can pull with a string, but one cannot push with one.... Simple facts like these caused serious problems when Charniak attempted to extend Bobrow's "Student" program to more realistic applications, and they have not been faced up to until now. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 77)What do we mean by [a symbolic] "description"? We do not mean to suggest that our descriptions must be made of strings of ordinary language words (although they might be). The simplest kind of description is a structure in which some features of a situation are represented by single ("primitive") symbols, and relations between those features are represented by other symbols-or by other features of the way the description is put together. (Minsky & Papert, 1973, p. 11)[AI is] the use of computer programs and programming techniques to cast light on the principles of intelligence in general and human thought in particular. (Boden, 1977, p. 5)The word you look for and hardly ever see in the early AI literature is the word knowledge. They didn't believe you have to know anything, you could always rework it all.... In fact 1967 is the turning point in my mind when there was enough feeling that the old ideas of general principles had to go.... I came up with an argument for what I called the primacy of expertise, and at the time I called the other guys the generalists. (Moses, quoted in McCorduck, 1979, pp. 228-229)9) Artificial Intelligence Is Psychology in a Particularly Pure and Abstract FormThe basic idea of cognitive science is that intelligent beings are semantic engines-in other words, automatic formal systems with interpretations under which they consistently make sense. We can now see why this includes psychology and artificial intelligence on a more or less equal footing: people and intelligent computers (if and when there are any) turn out to be merely different manifestations of the same underlying phenomenon. Moreover, with universal hardware, any semantic engine can in principle be formally imitated by a computer if only the right program can be found. And that will guarantee semantic imitation as well, since (given the appropriate formal behavior) the semantics is "taking care of itself" anyway. Thus we also see why, from this perspective, artificial intelligence can be regarded as psychology in a particularly pure and abstract form. The same fundamental structures are under investigation, but in AI, all the relevant parameters are under direct experimental control (in the programming), without any messy physiology or ethics to get in the way. (Haugeland, 1981b, p. 31)There are many different kinds of reasoning one might imagine:Formal reasoning involves the syntactic manipulation of data structures to deduce new ones following prespecified rules of inference. Mathematical logic is the archetypical formal representation. Procedural reasoning uses simulation to answer questions and solve problems. When we use a program to answer What is the sum of 3 and 4? it uses, or "runs," a procedural model of arithmetic. Reasoning by analogy seems to be a very natural mode of thought for humans but, so far, difficult to accomplish in AI programs. The idea is that when you ask the question Can robins fly? the system might reason that "robins are like sparrows, and I know that sparrows can fly, so robins probably can fly."Generalization and abstraction are also natural reasoning process for humans that are difficult to pin down well enough to implement in a program. If one knows that Robins have wings, that Sparrows have wings, and that Blue jays have wings, eventually one will believe that All birds have wings. This capability may be at the core of most human learning, but it has not yet become a useful technique in AI.... Meta- level reasoning is demonstrated by the way one answers the question What is Paul Newman's telephone number? You might reason that "if I knew Paul Newman's number, I would know that I knew it, because it is a notable fact." This involves using "knowledge about what you know," in particular, about the extent of your knowledge and about the importance of certain facts. Recent research in psychology and AI indicates that meta-level reasoning may play a central role in human cognitive processing. (Barr & Feigenbaum, 1981, pp. 146-147)Suffice it to say that programs already exist that can do things-or, at the very least, appear to be beginning to do things-which ill-informed critics have asserted a priori to be impossible. Examples include: perceiving in a holistic as opposed to an atomistic way; using language creatively; translating sensibly from one language to another by way of a language-neutral semantic representation; planning acts in a broad and sketchy fashion, the details being decided only in execution; distinguishing between different species of emotional reaction according to the psychological context of the subject. (Boden, 1981, p. 33)Can the synthesis of Man and Machine ever be stable, or will the purely organic component become such a hindrance that it has to be discarded? If this eventually happens-and I have... good reasons for thinking that it must-we have nothing to regret and certainly nothing to fear. (Clarke, 1984, p. 243)The thesis of GOFAI... is not that the processes underlying intelligence can be described symbolically... but that they are symbolic. (Haugeland, 1985, p. 113)14) Artificial Intelligence Provides a Useful Approach to Psychological and Psychiatric Theory FormationIt is all very well formulating psychological and psychiatric theories verbally but, when using natural language (even technical jargon), it is difficult to recognise when a theory is complete; oversights are all too easily made, gaps too readily left. This is a point which is generally recognised to be true and it is for precisely this reason that the behavioural sciences attempt to follow the natural sciences in using "classical" mathematics as a more rigorous descriptive language. However, it is an unfortunate fact that, with a few notable exceptions, there has been a marked lack of success in this application. It is my belief that a different approach-a different mathematics-is needed, and that AI provides just this approach. (Hand, quoted in Hand, 1985, pp. 6-7)We might distinguish among four kinds of AI.Research of this kind involves building and programming computers to perform tasks which, to paraphrase Marvin Minsky, would require intelligence if they were done by us. Researchers in nonpsychological AI make no claims whatsoever about the psychological realism of their programs or the devices they build, that is, about whether or not computers perform tasks as humans do.Research here is guided by the view that the computer is a useful tool in the study of mind. In particular, we can write computer programs or build devices that simulate alleged psychological processes in humans and then test our predictions about how the alleged processes work. We can weave these programs and devices together with other programs and devices that simulate different alleged mental processes and thereby test the degree to which the AI system as a whole simulates human mentality. According to weak psychological AI, working with computer models is a way of refining and testing hypotheses about processes that are allegedly realized in human minds.... According to this view, our minds are computers and therefore can be duplicated by other computers. Sherry Turkle writes that the "real ambition is of mythic proportions, making a general purpose intelligence, a mind." (Turkle, 1984, p. 240) The authors of a major text announce that "the ultimate goal of AI research is to build a person or, more humbly, an animal." (Charniak & McDermott, 1985, p. 7)Research in this field, like strong psychological AI, takes seriously the functionalist view that mentality can be realized in many different types of physical devices. Suprapsychological AI, however, accuses strong psychological AI of being chauvinisticof being only interested in human intelligence! Suprapsychological AI claims to be interested in all the conceivable ways intelligence can be realized. (Flanagan, 1991, pp. 241-242)16) Determination of Relevance of Rules in Particular ContextsEven if the [rules] were stored in a context-free form the computer still couldn't use them. To do that the computer requires rules enabling it to draw on just those [ rules] which are relevant in each particular context. Determination of relevance will have to be based on further facts and rules, but the question will again arise as to which facts and rules are relevant for making each particular determination. One could always invoke further facts and rules to answer this question, but of course these must be only the relevant ones. And so it goes. It seems that AI workers will never be able to get started here unless they can settle the problem of relevance beforehand by cataloguing types of context and listing just those facts which are relevant in each. (Dreyfus & Dreyfus, 1986, p. 80)Perhaps the single most important idea to artificial intelligence is that there is no fundamental difference between form and content, that meaning can be captured in a set of symbols such as a semantic net. (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)Artificial intelligence is based on the assumption that the mind can be described as some kind of formal system manipulating symbols that stand for things in the world. Thus it doesn't matter what the brain is made of, or what it uses for tokens in the great game of thinking. Using an equivalent set of tokens and rules, we can do thinking with a digital computer, just as we can play chess using cups, salt and pepper shakers, knives, forks, and spoons. Using the right software, one system (the mind) can be mapped into the other (the computer). (G. Johnson, 1986, p. 250)19) A Statement of the Primary and Secondary Purposes of Artificial IntelligenceThe primary goal of Artificial Intelligence is to make machines smarter.The secondary goals of Artificial Intelligence are to understand what intelligence is (the Nobel laureate purpose) and to make machines more useful (the entrepreneurial purpose). (Winston, 1987, p. 1)The theoretical ideas of older branches of engineering are captured in the language of mathematics. We contend that mathematical logic provides the basis for theory in AI. Although many computer scientists already count logic as fundamental to computer science in general, we put forward an even stronger form of the logic-is-important argument....AI deals mainly with the problem of representing and using declarative (as opposed to procedural) knowledge. Declarative knowledge is the kind that is expressed as sentences, and AI needs a language in which to state these sentences. Because the languages in which this knowledge usually is originally captured (natural languages such as English) are not suitable for computer representations, some other language with the appropriate properties must be used. It turns out, we think, that the appropriate properties include at least those that have been uppermost in the minds of logicians in their development of logical languages such as the predicate calculus. Thus, we think that any language for expressing knowledge in AI systems must be at least as expressive as the first-order predicate calculus. (Genesereth & Nilsson, 1987, p. viii)21) Perceptual Structures Can Be Represented as Lists of Elementary PropositionsIn artificial intelligence studies, perceptual structures are represented as assemblages of description lists, the elementary components of which are propositions asserting that certain relations hold among elements. (Chase & Simon, 1988, p. 490)Artificial intelligence (AI) is sometimes defined as the study of how to build and/or program computers to enable them to do the sorts of things that minds can do. Some of these things are commonly regarded as requiring intelligence: offering a medical diagnosis and/or prescription, giving legal or scientific advice, proving theorems in logic or mathematics. Others are not, because they can be done by all normal adults irrespective of educational background (and sometimes by non-human animals too), and typically involve no conscious control: seeing things in sunlight and shadows, finding a path through cluttered terrain, fitting pegs into holes, speaking one's own native tongue, and using one's common sense. Because it covers AI research dealing with both these classes of mental capacity, this definition is preferable to one describing AI as making computers do "things that would require intelligence if done by people." However, it presupposes that computers could do what minds can do, that they might really diagnose, advise, infer, and understand. One could avoid this problematic assumption (and also side-step questions about whether computers do things in the same way as we do) by defining AI instead as "the development of computers whose observable performance has features which in humans we would attribute to mental processes." This bland characterization would be acceptable to some AI workers, especially amongst those focusing on the production of technological tools for commercial purposes. But many others would favour a more controversial definition, seeing AI as the science of intelligence in general-or, more accurately, as the intellectual core of cognitive science. As such, its goal is to provide a systematic theory that can explain (and perhaps enable us to replicate) both the general categories of intentionality and the diverse psychological capacities grounded in them. (Boden, 1990b, pp. 1-2)Because the ability to store data somewhat corresponds to what we call memory in human beings, and because the ability to follow logical procedures somewhat corresponds to what we call reasoning in human beings, many members of the cult have concluded that what computers do somewhat corresponds to what we call thinking. It is no great difficulty to persuade the general public of that conclusion since computers process data very fast in small spaces well below the level of visibility; they do not look like other machines when they are at work. They seem to be running along as smoothly and silently as the brain does when it remembers and reasons and thinks. On the other hand, those who design and build computers know exactly how the machines are working down in the hidden depths of their semiconductors. Computers can be taken apart, scrutinized, and put back together. Their activities can be tracked, analyzed, measured, and thus clearly understood-which is far from possible with the brain. This gives rise to the tempting assumption on the part of the builders and designers that computers can tell us something about brains, indeed, that the computer can serve as a model of the mind, which then comes to be seen as some manner of information processing machine, and possibly not as good at the job as the machine. (Roszak, 1994, pp. xiv-xv)The inner workings of the human mind are far more intricate than the most complicated systems of modern technology. Researchers in the field of artificial intelligence have been attempting to develop programs that will enable computers to display intelligent behavior. Although this field has been an active one for more than thirty-five years and has had many notable successes, AI researchers still do not know how to create a program that matches human intelligence. No existing program can recall facts, solve problems, reason, learn, and process language with human facility. This lack of success has occurred not because computers are inferior to human brains but rather because we do not yet know in sufficient detail how intelligence is organized in the brain. (Anderson, 1995, p. 2)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Artificial Intelligence
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13 réaliser
réaliser [ʀealize]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verba. [+ ambition, désir] to realize ; [+ effort] to make ; [+ exploit] to achieve ; [+ projet, étude, sondage] to carry out• il a réalisé le meilleur temps aux essais [coureur] he got the best time in the qualifying sessionb. [+ meuble, bijou] to makec. ( = comprendre) (inf) to realized. [+ film] to direct ; [+ émission de radio, de télévision] to producee. [+ achat, vente, bénéfice, économie] to make• l'entreprise réalise un chiffre d'affaires de 100 000 € par semaine the firm has a turnover of 100,000 euros a week2. reflexive verb* * *ʀealize
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1) ( rendre réel) to fulfil [BrE] [rêve, promesses]; to achieve [équilibre, idéal, exploit]2) (exécuter, fabriquer) to make [maquette, meuble]; to carry out [sondage, projet, tâche]3) Radio, Télévision, Cinéma to direct4) ( se rendre compte de) controv to realize
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se réaliser verbe pronominal1) ( devenir réel) [rêve] to come true; [promesses, prédictions] to be fulfilled [BrE]2) ( s'épanouir)se réaliser (dans quelque chose) — to find fulfilment [BrE] (in something)
* * *ʀealize1. vt1) [projet, opération] to carry outIls ont réalisé leur projet. — They carried out their plan.
2) [rêve, souhait] to fulfil, to realizeIl a réalisé son rêve. — He has fulfilled his dream.
3) [exploit] to accomplish4) [vente, opération commerciale] to make5) [film] to make, to directréaliser un film — to make a film, to direct a film
6) (= se rendre compte de) to realizeréaliser que — to realize, to realize that
Il n'a pas réalisé qu'il était si tard. — He didn't realize it was so late., He didn't realize that it was so late.
7) COMMERCE, [bien, capital] to realize2. vi(= se rendre compte) to realizeDésolé, je n'ai pas réalisé. — Sorry, I didn't realize.
* * *réaliser verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( rendre réel) to fulfilGB [rêve, ambition, promesses]; to achieve [équilibre, idéal, exploit]; réaliser des économies to save money; réaliser une vente/des bénéfices to make a sale/a profit; pour réaliser un bon score to achieve a good score; elle a réalisé un exploit en faisant it was no mean feat to do; pour que chacun puisse réaliser son potentiel so that everyone can realize his/her potential;2 (exécuter, fabriquer) to make [maquette, meuble]; to carry out [sondage, projet, tâche];4 ( se rendre compte de) controv to realize (que that);5 Fin to realize [bien].B se réaliser vpr1 ( devenir réel) [rêve] to come true; [promesses, prédictions] to be fulfilledGB;2 ( s'épanouir) se réaliser (dans qch) to find fulfilmentGB (in sth).[realize] verbe transitif1. [rendre réel - projet] to carry out (separable) ; [ - rêve] to fulfil, to realize ; [ - espoir] to realizeFINANCE [capital, valeurs] to realize[bénéfice] to make6. [comprendre] to realizeelle est encore sous le choc, mais quand elle va réaliser! she's still in a state of shock, but wait till it hits her!————————se réaliser verbe pronominal intransitif1. [s'accomplir - projet] to be carried out ; [ - rêve, vœu] to come true, to be fulfilled ; [ - prédiction] to come true2. [personne] to fulfil oneself -
14 prévision
prévision [pʀevizjɔ̃]feminine noun* * *pʀevizjɔ̃1) ( action de prévoir) forecasting2) ( ce qu'on prévoit) gén prediction; Économie, Finance forecast* * *pʀevizjɔ̃1. nf1) (fait de prévoir) forecasting2) (= estimation) forecast2. prévisions nfpl* * *prévision nf1 ( action de prévoir) forecasting; la prévision du temps weather forecasting; prévision économique economic forecasting; la prévision de la demande the forecasting of demand; faire des prévisions to make forecasts; en prévision de in anticipation of;2 ( ce qu'on prévoit) gén prediction; Compta, Écon, Fin, Entr forecast; les chiffres confirment les prévisions the figures confirm the forecasts; les prévisions de croissance pour 1995 (economic) growth forecasts for 1995; les résultats vont au-delà de toutes nos prévisions the results go beyond all our expectations; prévisions météorologiques weather forecast (sg).[previzjɔ̃] nom féminin1. (généralement pluriel) [calcul] expectation2. ÉCONOMIE [processus] forecastingprévision budgétaire budget forecast ou projections3. MÉTÉOROLOGIE [technique] (weather) forecastingprévisions météorologiques [bulletin] weather forecast————————en prévision de locution prépositionnelle -
15 Prognose
f; -, -n prediction (zu regarding oder of); WIRTS. und Wetter: forecast; bes. MED. prognosis; düstere Prognosen gloomy forecasts; eine (un) günstige Prognose a(n un) favo(u)rable prognosis; ich möchte keine Prognosen stellen I wouldn’t like to make any predictions; alle ihre Prognosen trafen ein everything happened as she had predicted* * *die Prognoseforecast; forecasting; prognosis* * *Prog|no|se [pro'gnoːzə]f -, -nprediction, prognosis; (= Wetterprognose) forecasteine Prognóse stellen/wagen — to give or make/venture a prediction or prognosis
genetische Prognóse — genetic prognosis
* * *Pro·gno·se<-, -n>[proˈgno:zə]f[jdm] eine \Prognose stellen to give [sb] a prediction [or prognosis], to make a prediction [or prognosis]eine \Prognose wagen to venture a prediction* * *die; Prognose, Prognosen (auch Med.) prognosis; (WetterPrognose, WirtschaftsPrognose) forecast* * *düstere Prognosen gloomy forecasts;eine (un)günstige Prognose a(n un) favo(u)rable prognosis;ich möchte keine Prognosen stellen I wouldn’t like to make any predictions;alle ihre Prognosen trafen ein everything happened as she had predicted* * *die; Prognose, Prognosen (auch Med.) prognosis; (WetterPrognose, WirtschaftsPrognose) forecast* * *-n f.forecast n.prognosis n. -
16 aproximarse
1 to come near, come closer* * ** * *VPR1) (=arrimarse) to come near, come closeraproximarse a — (=acercarse) to near, approach
el tren se aproximaba a su destino — the train was nearing o approaching its destination
2)aproximarse a — [+ cierta edad] to be nearly, be getting on for
3)aproximarse a — (=intentar reconciliarse) to approach, approximate to
* * *(v.) = near, lie + ahead, get + closer, be just in the ballpark, roll inEx. However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.Ex. It is possible to make generalizations leading to predictions of what lies ahead for geoscience information professionals.Ex. We are not ready for it yet, but we are getting closer every day.Ex. Many things do not have to be perfect, just in the ballpark.Ex. With the summer rolling in, many of you might be looking for instructions on how to make fresh iced tea.* * *(v.) = near, lie + ahead, get + closer, be just in the ballpark, roll inEx: However, the effects of media conglomeration on Times Mirror for bottom line results would pull the plug on the New York venture that was nearing its provisional term and beginning to show positive results.
Ex: It is possible to make generalizations leading to predictions of what lies ahead for geoscience information professionals.Ex: We are not ready for it yet, but we are getting closer every day.Ex: Many things do not have to be perfect, just in the ballpark.Ex: With the summer rolling in, many of you might be looking for instructions on how to make fresh iced tea.* * *
■aproximarse verbo reflexivo to approach [a, -]
' aproximarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
andar
- juntarse
- rondar
- acercar
- aproximar
- lindar
- rayar
English:
approximate
- come up to
- approach
* * *vpr1. [en el espacio] to approach, to come closer;el autobús se aproximaba a la parada the bus was approaching the stop;nos aproximamos a la capital we are approaching the capital;el déficit se aproxima a los seis millones the deficit is close to six million3. [parecerse] to be similar;un régimen que intenta aproximarse a un sistema democrático a regime that is trying to become more like a democracy;no hay ningún lenguaje que se le aproxime there's no other language which resembles it* * *v/r approach;aproximarse a la verdad get close to the truth;aproximarse a los setenta be approaching seventy;se aproxima el invierno winter is coming* * *vracercarse, arrimarse: to approach, to move closer* * *aproximarse vb (acercarse) to approach / to get near -
17 prediction
- ʃənnoun I'm making no predictions about the result of the race.) predicción, pronósticoprediction n predicción / pronósticotr[prɪ'dɪkʃən]1 predicción nombre femenino, pronósticoprediction [pri'dɪkʃən] n: pronóstico m, predicción fn.• indicación s.f.• predicción s.f.• pronóstico s.m.• vaticinio s.m.prɪ'dɪkʃənto make a prediction about something — predecir* or pronosticar* algo
b) u ( act) predicción f[prɪ'dɪkʃǝn]N1) (=forecast) (by expert, layman) predicción f ; (by clairvoyant, oracle) vaticinio m, profecía ftheir prediction that house prices would fall — su predicción de que el precio de la vivienda iba a bajar
there were dire predictions that thousands would die of malnutrition — hubo predicciones alarmantes de que miles de personas morirían por desnutrición
to make a prediction about sth — pronosticar or predecir algo
2) (=act)weather prediction has never been a perfect science — pronosticar el tiempo nunca ha sido una ciencia exacta
* * *[prɪ'dɪkʃən]to make a prediction about something — predecir* or pronosticar* algo
b) u ( act) predicción f -
18 adelanto
m.1 advance.2 money in advance, earnest money.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: adelantar.* * *1 (avance) advance2 (tiempo) advance■ el primero lleva diez minutos de adelanto al segundo the first has ten minutes' lead over the second3 (pago) advance; (técnicamente) advance payment* * *noun m.1) advance, progress* * *SM1) (=progreso)a) (=acción) advancement; (=resultado) step forwardb) pl adelantos (=descubrimientos) advances2) [en tiempo]han conseguido el adelanto de la edad de jubilación — they have managed to get the retirement age lowered
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de adelanto, con una hora de adelanto — an hour earlyllevaba tres minutos de adelanto sobre el segundo corredor — he had a three-minute lead over the runner in second place
3) [de información]el artículo es solo un adelanto de su próximo libro — the article is just a taster of his latest book
4) [de dinero] (=anticipo) advance; (=depósito) deposit5) (Ajedrez) (=movimiento) forward move* * *1) ( avance) step forward2) ( del sueldo) advance; ( depósito) deposit3) ( en el tiempo)lleva un adelanto de tres minutos con respecto a los otros corredores — he has a three minute lead over the rest of the field
llegó con un poco de adelanto — he/she/it arrived slightly early
* * *= breakthrough [break-through], advance.Ex. With the exception of a few prescient observers, most predictions of the 20th century overlooked such breakthroughs as the computer.Ex. As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.* * *1) ( avance) step forward2) ( del sueldo) advance; ( depósito) deposit3) ( en el tiempo)lleva un adelanto de tres minutos con respecto a los otros corredores — he has a three minute lead over the rest of the field
llegó con un poco de adelanto — he/she/it arrived slightly early
* * *= breakthrough [break-through], advance.Ex: With the exception of a few prescient observers, most predictions of the 20th century overlooked such breakthroughs as the computer.
Ex: As soon as the advance was paid however the manager did a bunk with the money, around £100000, and was never seen nor heard of again.* * *A (avance) advancelos adelantos de la ciencia the advances of sciencecon los adelantos de hoy en día no existen las distancias advances in modern day communications mean that distances no longer mean anythinglos ordenadores suponen un gran adelanto computers represent a great step forwardel sistema de los cajeros automáticos fue un gran adelanto the automatic cash dispenser system was a huge breakthrough o step forwardB (del sueldo) advance; (depósito) depositpidió un adelanto she asked for an advancehay que abonar un adelanto del 10% you have to pay a 10% depositC(en el tiempo): lleva un adelanto de tres minutos con respecto a los otros corredores he has a three minute lead over the rest of the field, he is three minutes ahead of the rest of the fieldel tren llegó con un poco de adelanto the train arrived slightly o a little early* * *
Del verbo adelantar: ( conjugate adelantar)
adelanto es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
adelantó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
adelantar
adelanto
adelantar ( conjugate adelantar) verbo transitivo
1
b) ‹pieza/ficha› to move … forward
2 ( sobrepasar) to overtake, pass
3
4 ( conseguir) to gain;
verbo intransitivo
1
2 (Auto) to pass, overtake (BrE)
adelantarse verbo pronominal
1
2
[verano/frío] to arrive early
3 ( anticiparse):
adelantose a los acontecimientos to jump the gun;
yo iba a pagar, pero él se me adelantó I was going to pay, but he beat me to it
adelanto sustantivo masculino
1 ( avance) step forward;
2 ( del sueldo) advance;
( depósito) deposit
3 ( en el tiempo):◊ llegó con un poco de adelanto he/she/it arrived slightly early
adelantar
I verbo transitivo
1 to move o bring forward
(un reloj) to put forward
figurado to advance: no adelantas nada ocultándoselo, you won't get anything by concealing it from him
2 (sobrepasar a un coche, a alguien) to overtake
3 (una fecha, una convocatoria) to bring forward
fig (hacer predicciones) adelantar acontecimientos, to get ahead of oneself
no adelantemos acontecimientos, let's not cross the bridge before we come to it
II verbo intransitivo
1 to advance
2 (progresar) to make progress: hemos adelantado mucho en una hora, we've made a lot of progress in one hour
3 (reloj) to be fast
adelanto sustantivo masculino
1 advance
(mejora, progreso) progress
2 (de tiempo) este reloj lleva cinco minutos de adelanto, this watch is five minutes fast
3 (de sueldo) advance payment
' adelanto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
adelantarse
- anticipo
- adelantar
- avance
- competencia
- progreso
English:
advance
- early
* * *adelanto nm1. [de dinero] advance;pidió un adelanto del sueldo she asked for an advance on her wages2. [técnico] advance;este descubrimiento supone un gran adelanto this discovery is a great advance;utilizan los últimos adelantos tecnológicos they use the latest technological advances o developments3. [de noticia] advance notice;un adelanto del programa de festejos a preview of the programme of celebrations4. [de reunión, viaje] bringing forward;el gobierno anunció el adelanto de las elecciones the government announced that it was bringing forward the date of the elections5. [anticipación]el tren llegó con (diez minutos de) adelanto the train arrived (ten minutes) early;el proyecto lleva dos días de adelanto the project is two days ahead of schedule* * *m tbCOM advance;adelantos advances* * *adelanto nm1) : advance, progress2) : advance payment3) : earlinessllevamos una hora de adelanto: we're running an hour ahead of time* * *adelanto n advance -
19 próspero
m.Prosperus.* * *► adjetivo1 prosperous\próspero Año Nuevo prosperous New Year* * *(f. - próspera)adj.prosperous, thriving* * *ADJ (=floreciente) prosperous, thriving; (=venturoso) successfulcon próspera fortuna — with good luck, favoured by fortune
* * *- ra adjetivo <empresa/industria> prosperous, thriving; <región/comerciante/industrial> prosperous* * *= prosperous, thriving, palmy [palmier -comp., palmiest -sup.], flourishing, bloomy.Ex. Teachers face all the problems endemic to the heavily populated, least prosperous inner-city areas.Ex. Now a thriving industrial city, it covers 40 square miles, has a population of 78,808, gives employment to 30,500 workers, and distributes an annual payroll of $640.6 million.Ex. In the palmier days of 1949, Bernard Berelson argued that 'the public library should be organized for those relatively few people in the community who can make 'serious' use of library materials'.Ex. Not all embroidered bindings were bespoke, either; there was a flourishing trade in retailers' bindings for service books made by professional embroiderers in London during the period 1600 to 1650.Ex. The 1st is to follow the fashions of mainstream publications and to contribute to their bloomy or gloomy predictions.----* empresa próspera = success story.* * *- ra adjetivo <empresa/industria> prosperous, thriving; <región/comerciante/industrial> prosperous* * *= prosperous, thriving, palmy [palmier -comp., palmiest -sup.], flourishing, bloomy.Ex: Teachers face all the problems endemic to the heavily populated, least prosperous inner-city areas.
Ex: Now a thriving industrial city, it covers 40 square miles, has a population of 78,808, gives employment to 30,500 workers, and distributes an annual payroll of $640.6 million.Ex: In the palmier days of 1949, Bernard Berelson argued that 'the public library should be organized for those relatively few people in the community who can make 'serious' use of library materials'.Ex: Not all embroidered bindings were bespoke, either; there was a flourishing trade in retailers' bindings for service books made by professional embroiderers in London during the period 1600 to 1650.Ex: The 1st is to follow the fashions of mainstream publications and to contribute to their bloomy or gloomy predictions.* empresa próspera = success story.* * *próspero -ra‹empresa/industria› prosperous, thriving; ‹región› prosperous; ‹comerciante/industrial› prosperous¡Feliz Navidad y Próspero Año Nuevo! Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!* * *
Del verbo prosperar: ( conjugate prosperar)
prospero es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo
prosperó es:
3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo
Multiple Entries:
prosperar
prosperó
próspero
prosperar ( conjugate prosperar) verbo intransitivo
[ persona] to do well, make good
próspero◊ -ra adjetivo
prosperous
prosperar verbo intransitivo
1 (una persona, empresa) to prosper, thrive
2 (una idea, etc) to be accepted o successful
próspero,-a adjetivo prosperous, thriving
' próspero' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
próspera
English:
flourishing
- healthy
- prosperous
- successful
- thriving
- affluent
* * *próspero, -a adjprosperous, flourishing;¡próspero Año Nuevo! Happy New Year!* * *adj prosperous, thriving;¡ próspero año nuevo! Happy New Year!* * *próspero, -ra adj: prosperous, flourishing* * *próspero adj prosperous -
20 avecinarse
pron.v.1 to be on the way.¡la que se nos avecina! are we in for it!2 to approach, to grow near, to come near, to get nearer.* * *1 to approach (a, -)* * *VPR to approach, come near* * *verbo pronominal to approach* * *(v.) = loom, be ahead, lie + ahead, come down + the pikeEx. As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.Ex. This article argues that it is imperative that librarians assess the future in order to be better able to plan for what is ahead.Ex. It is possible to make generalizations leading to predictions of what lies ahead for geoscience information professionals.Ex. What softwares are coming down the pike for potential future e-lending of varied digital content (music, print, video...)?.* * *verbo pronominal to approach* * *(v.) = loom, be ahead, lie + ahead, come down + the pikeEx: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.
Ex: This article argues that it is imperative that librarians assess the future in order to be better able to plan for what is ahead.Ex: It is possible to make generalizations leading to predictions of what lies ahead for geoscience information professionals.Ex: What softwares are coming down the pike for potential future e-lending of varied digital content (music, print, video...)?.* * *avecinarse [A1 ]«tormenta/borrasca» to approachse avecina el fin del siglo the end of the century draws near o approaches* * *
avecinarse ( conjugate avecinarse) verbo pronominal
to approach
avecinarse verbo reflexivo to approach, come near
' avecinarse' also found in these entries:
English:
loom
- brew
* * *avecinarse vprto be on the way;se avecina una tormenta there's a storm coming o on the way;¡la que se nos avecina! we're really in for it!* * *v/r approach* * *avecinarse vr: to approach, to come near
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