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pre·dict (prē dikt′, pri-)
Related Forms:
- predictability pre·dict′·abil′·ity noun
- predictable pre·dict′·able adjective
- predictably pre·dict′·ably adverb
- predictive pre·dic′·tive adjective
- predictively pre·dic′·tively adverb
- predictor pre·dic′·tor noun
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Object
- outcome: Geri Sullivan struck: ` You know me well enough to predict the outcome of that.
Modifying Another Word
- accurately: The first was the old problem of accurately predicting the big day.
Used with why or when
- which: On the entry form, entrants predict which golfer they think will gain the most points during the season.
Infinitive complement
- rise: The developing world's one third share of the global shop in 1990 is predicted to rise to two thirds by 2050.
Preposition: in
- advance: There is an extra factor -- that of individual susceptibility -- which cannot be predicted in advance.
Preposition: with
- certainty: It is difficult to predict with certainty the way ahead because of the current proposals for re-organisation.
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