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Predicts

To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.

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📖 Definitions of "Predicts"

verb

1
To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power.
2
(of theories, laws, etc.) To imply.
3
To make predictions.
4
To direct a ranged weapon against a target by means of a predictor.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Predicts"

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Word	Definition
prognosticateverb	(transitive) To predict or forecast, especially through the application of skill.
forecastverb	A prediction of the weather.
foretellverb	(ambitransitive) To predict; to tell (the future) before it occurs; to prophesy.
bodeverb	(ambitransitive) To indicate by signs, as future events; to be an omen of; to portend or foretell.
forebodeverb	To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
prefigureverb	(often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
portendverb	(transitive) To serve as a warning or omen of.
presageverb	(transitive) To predict or foretell something.
auspicateverb	(transitive) To foreshow; to foretoken.
omenverb	(transitive) To be an omen of.
foreshadowverb	To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
anticipateverb	(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
betokenverb	(transitive) To signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens.
promiseverb	(ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
augurverb	To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
callverb	(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
anticipatesverb	(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
assumesverb	To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
containsverb	(transitive) To hold inside.
contemplatesverb	To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.