Слово англійською: predict
Дієслово
Переклад predict українською: провіщати, передрікати; передбачати; пророкувати, to ~ the future — передбачити майбутнє, передувати, випереджати
Детальний опис
- to say that something will happen in the future synonym forecast
- predict something a reliable method of predicting earthquakes
- Nobody could predict the outcome.
- to predict the future
- He predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year.
- The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats.
- predict what, whether, etc… It is impossible to predict what will happen.
- predict (that)… She predicted (that) the election result would be close.
- He predicted (that) it would be a bestseller.
- it is predicted that… It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
- somebody/something is predicted to do something The trial is predicted to last for months.
- This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2030.
Language Bank expectexpectDiscussing predictions- By 2050, one in six people on the planet will be aged 65 or over.
- The number of people globally aged 65 and over is expected/likely to double by 2050.
- It is predicted that the over-65s will make up 17 per cent of the global population by 2050.
- Experts have forecast that the number of people over 65 will rise to 1.6 billion by 2050.
- World population is set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050.
- Net migration into the UK over the last decade was higher than expected.
- Overall population growth in the UK has been in line with predictions.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin praedict- ‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae- ‘beforehand’ + dicere ‘say’.