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# predict

verb (predict, predicts, predicted, predicting)

«predict» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To predict is to say what you think will happen in the future, before it happens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#m1)
2. In science, to say what you expect the result of a test to be, using what you already know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in science investigations: "Predict what will happen, then test it" — a prediction is checked against the results. In reading: predict what happens next in the story. In maths: predict the next number in a pattern. Weather forecasters predict the weather.

### Examples

- I predict that the ice will melt in ten minutes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x1)
- Predict what will happen next in the story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x2)
- Can you predict the next number: 2, 4, 6, ...? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x3)
- The weather forecast predicts rain tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x4)
- Nobody predicted that our team would win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x5)
- We predicted the heavy ball would fall faster, but they landed together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x6)
- Scientists predict where hurricanes will go. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x7)
- It had been predicted that a certain baby princess would begin flying about the world as soon as she was fifteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/#x8)

### Note

Noun: prediction; adjective: predictable. A prediction is a sensible guess using evidence, not just any wild guess. A prediction can be wrong; that is fine in science.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «predict» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/predict/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«predict» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/predict.html) on Mova free.