to say that sth will happen in the future
SYNFORECAST:
[VN] a reliable method of predicting earthquakes * Nobody could predict the outcome. * The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats. * [Vwh-] 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. * [VNthat] It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall. * [VNtoinf] The trial is predicted to last for months. * This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2005.
HELPNOTE This pattern is only used in the passive.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for predict is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is predict a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, predict is tagged as verb.
Does predict appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — predict appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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