predict
US: /pɹiˈdɪkt/, /pɹɪˈdɪkt/
UK: /pɹɪdˈɪkt/
UK: /pɹɪdˈɪkt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
predict /pri'dikt/
- ngoại động từ
- nói trước; đoán trước, dự đoán
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb
to say that sth will happen in the future
Synonym: FORECAST
[VN] a reliable method of predicting earthquakes + Nobody could predict the outcome. + The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats. + [V wh-] It is impossible to predict what will happen. + [V (that)] She predicted (that) the election result would be close. + He predicted (that) it would be a smash hit. + [VN that] It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall. + [VN to inf] The trial is predicted to last for months. + This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2005.
Help Note: This pattern is only used in the passive.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
foretell, prophesy, forecast, foresee, augur, prognosticate, forewarn, presage, vaticinate; portend, foreshadow, foretoken, forebode; intimate, hint, suggest:
My mother predicted that there would be moments like this. If only I could predict the winner of the 2.30!
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
accurately, correctly, reliably, successfully, with accuracy/certainty
It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have.
| exactly, precisely | confidently | wrongly
VERB + PREDICT
be able/unable to, can/could | try to | dare (to)
Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory.
| fail to | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to | be easy to, be possible to | use sth to
a computer model used to predict future weather patterns
| allow sb to, enable sb to
Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a cricket ball.
PREP.
from
We can predict from this information what is likely to happen next.
PHRASES
be widely predicted
This result had been widely predicted by the opinion polls.
Concise English dictionary
predicts|predicted|predictingprɪ'dɪkt
verb
+make a prediction about; tell in advance
+indicate by signs
