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[ verb ] make a prediction about; tell in advance
Synonyms Examples "Call the outcome of an election" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans],...)Some predict the administration will settle_down during 1961 and iron_out the rough edges which it has had thus_far . There are many who predict that should Barnett decide to call the Legislature back into special session , it will really throw his administration into a scramble . Certainly nobody will predict that the next time the lawmakers come_back together Barnett will be_able_to enjoy a re-enactment of the strange but successful `` honeymoon '' he had in the 1960 legislative session . (The Sun, [Baltimore]...)Trouble-free , long-life , quality components will play an increasingly important part in the merchandising of new housing in 1960 '' , Pantas predicted . (Los Angeles Times,...)`` The present recovery movement will gather steady momentum to lift the economy to a new historic peak by this autumn '' , Beryl_W._Sprinkel , economist of Harris_Trust + Savings_Bank , Chicago , predicted at the closing session here Tuesday of Investment_Bankers Assn. , California group , conference . Related terms guess bet read forecast prophesy secondguess augur prophecy prediction foreboding forecaster prognosis |
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[ verb ] indicate by signs
Examples "These signs bode bad news" Used in print (James A. Ibers et al., "Proton magnetic resonance...)The theory predicts a linear dependence of **f on **f , where �j is the experimentally determined Curie-Weiss constant . |
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