prediction
Noun
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The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) (synset 105783078)
subtypes:
- projection - a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
- prognostication, prophecy, vaticination - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
- adumbration, foreshadowing, prefiguration - the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
same as: anticipation, prevision -
A statement made about the future (synset 106761683)
is a type of: statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etcsubtypes:
- extropy - the prediction that human intelligence and technology will enable life to expand in an orderly way throughout the entire universe
- fortunetelling - the practice of predicting people's futures (usually for payment)
- horoscope - a prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets
- meteorology, weather forecasting - predicting what the weather will be
- forecast, prognosis - a prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop
- divination, prophecy - a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
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