predict
/pɹɪˈdɪkt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "After he had renounced his fathers bishoprick of Valentia in Spaine... and to attaine by degrees the Maiesty of Cesar, was created Duke of that place, gaue for his poesie, Aut Cesar, aut nihil. which being not fauoured from the heauens, had presently the euent the same predicted."
- "Professor Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying."
- "The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier."
- "It is interesting to see how clearly theory predicts the difference between the ascending and descending curves of a dynamo."
- "For both men and women, greater symmetry predicted a larger number of past sex partners."
- "The devil can both predict and make predictors."
Etymology
Early 17th century, from Latin praedicō (“to mention beforehand”) (perfect passive participle praedictus), from prae- (“before”) + dīcō (“to say”). Equivalent to Germanic forespeak, foretell, and foresay.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *deyḱ-, praedicō
Usage
Inflected Forms
predicts (present, singular)
predicting (participle, present)
predicted (participle, past)
predicted (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
predicted (first person, past)
predictest (archaic, present)
predicted (past, second person)
predictedst (archaic, past)
predicteth (archaic, present)
predicted (past, singular)