Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Noun: prediction  pru'dikshun
  1. The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
    - anticipation, prevision
     
  2. A statement made about the future
    - foretelling, forecasting, prognostication

Derived forms: predictions

See also: predict

Type of: abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning, statement

Encyclopedia: Prediction

Nearest

predicate calculus
predication
predicative
predicatively
predicator
predicatory
predict
predictability
predictable
predictably
prediction
predictive
predictor
predictor variable
predigest
predigested
predigestion
predilection
predispose
predisposed
predisposition