Prediction — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

a statement made about the future

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹɪdˈɪkʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹɪdˈɪkʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹɪdˈɪkʃən/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹɪdˈɪkʃən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

foretelling prevision forecasting prognostication anticipation

Word Forms

predict	verb	make a prediction about; tell in advance
foretell	verb	make a prediction about; tell in advance
forecast	verb	predict in advance
prognosticate	verb	make a prediction about; tell in advance

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Vorhersage

der Akt des Vorhersagens (z. B. durch Nachdenken über die Zukunft)

🇫🇷French

prédiction

l'acte de prédire (comme en raisonnant sur l'avenir)

🇪🇸Spanish

predicción

el acto de predecir (como razonar sobre el futuro)

🇮🇹Italian

previsione

l'atto di predire (come ragionare sul futuro)

🇳🇱Dutch

voorspelling

de handeling van het voorspellen (zoals door te redeneren over de toekomst)

🇵🇹Portuguese

previsão

o ato de prever (como raciocinar sobre o futuro)

🇷🇺Russian

прогноз

акт предсказания (например, рассуждения о будущем)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भविष्यवाणी

भविष्यवाणी करने की क्रिया (जैसे भविष्य के बारे में तर्क करके)

🇧🇩Bengali

ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী

ভবিষ্যদ্বাণী করার কাজ (ভবিষ্যত সম্পর্কে যুক্তি দিয়ে)

🇮🇳Tamil

கணிப்பு

கணிக்கும் செயல் (எதிர்காலத்தைப் பற்றி நியாயப்படுத்துவது போல)

🇮🇳Telugu

అంచనా

అంచనా వేసే చర్య (భవిష్యత్తు గురించి తర్కించడం ద్వారా)

🇮🇳Marathi

अंदाज

भाकीत करण्याची क्रिया (भविष्याबद्दल तर्क करून)

🇮🇳Gujarati

આગાહી

આગાહી કરવાની ક્રિયા (જેમ કે ભવિષ્ય વિશે તર્ક દ્વારા)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುನ್ಸೂಚನೆ

ಊಹಿಸುವ ಕ್ರಿಯೆ (ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ತಾರ್ಕಿಕವಾಗಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രവചനം

പ്രവചിക്കുന്ന പ്രവർത്തനം (ഭാവിയെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള ന്യായവാദം പോലെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ

ਭਵਿੱਖਬਾਣੀ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ (ਜਿਵੇਂ ਭਵਿੱਖ ਬਾਰੇ ਤਰਕ ਕਰਕੇ)

🇵🇰Urdu

پیشن گوئی

پیشن گوئی کا عمل (جیسا کہ مستقبل کے بارے میں استدلال کرتے ہوئے)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

预言

预测的行为（如通过推理未来）

🇯🇵Japanese

予測

（未来について推論するなど）予測する行為

🇰🇷Korean

예측

(미래에 대해 추론함으로써) 예측하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dự đoán

hành động dự đoán (như bằng lý luận về tương lai)

🇹🇭Thai

การทำนาย

การทำนาย (โดยการให้เหตุผลเกี่ยวกับอนาคต)

🇮🇩Indonesian

ramalan

tindakan meramalkan (seperti dengan memikirkan masa depan)

🇵🇭Filipino

hula

ang pagkilos ng paghula (tulad ng pangangatwiran tungkol sa hinaharap)

🇲🇾Malay

ramalan

tindakan meramal (seperti dengan membuat alasan tentang masa depan)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تنبؤ

فعل التنبؤ (كما هو الحال من خلال التفكير في المستقبل)

🇮🇷Persian

پیش بینی

عمل پیش بینی (مانند استدلال در مورد آینده)

🇹🇷Turkish

tahmin

tahmin etme eylemi (gelecek hakkında akıl yürüterek olduğu gibi)

🇮🇱Hebrew

נְבוּאָה

פעולת החיזוי (כמו על ידי חשיבה לגבי העתיד)

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The primary meaning of 'prediction' is 'the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)'.

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