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pre·dict [ prə díkt ] (past and past participle pre·dict·ed, present participle pre·dict·ing, 3rd person present singular pre·dicts)


transitive and intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
say what will happen: to say what is going to happen in the future, often on the basis of present indications or past experience

[Mid-16th century. < Latin praedict-, past participle of praedicere "say in advance" < dicere "say"]

pre·dic·tor noun
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