Predict
verb
To say what will happen in the future, often using reason or experience.
The economist is predicting that the economy will improve next year.
Often appears as...
- predict the future
- predict the outcome
verb
To indicate in advance, to prefigure or presage.
His severe cough predicted a future health problem.
Often appears as...
- predict a crisis
- predict a problem
verb
To say what will happen in the future, often using reason or experience.
The economist is predicting that the economy will improve next year.
Often appears as...
- predict the future
- predict the outcome
verb
To indicate in advance, to prefigure or presage.
His severe cough predicted a future health problem.
Often appears as...
- predict a crisis
- predict a problem
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Use 'predict' when discussing events you believe will happen, based on information.
Meteorologists predict heavy rain for tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Reason or Experience
'Predict' often implies you have a reason or past experience for your expectation.
Based on trends, I predict a rise in sales next quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Certainty
Saying 'predict' does not guarantee it will happen; there's always uncertainty.
I predict he'll win the race, but anything can happen.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Use 'predict' when discussing events you believe will happen, based on information.
Meteorologists predict heavy rain for tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Reason or Experience
'Predict' often implies you have a reason or past experience for your expectation.
Based on trends, I predict a rise in sales next quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Certainty
Saying 'predict' does not guarantee it will happen; there's always uncertainty.
I predict he'll win the race, but anything can happen.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Events
Use 'predict' when discussing events you believe will happen, based on information.
Meteorologists predict heavy rain for tomorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Reason or Experience
'Predict' often implies you have a reason or past experience for your expectation.
Based on trends, I predict a rise in sales next quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Certainty
Saying 'predict' does not guarantee it will happen; there's always uncertainty.
I predict he'll win the race, but anything can happen.
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Why are some people...
and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world, eventually disappearing from the population. So by correctly predicting the distribution of left-handed people in the general population, as well as matching data from various sports, the model indicates
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How does asthma work? -...
which can lead to death from lack of oxygen. So how do we prevent these uncomfortable and potentially fatal attacks in people who have asthma? One way is to reduce the presence of triggers. Unfortunately, the world is an unpredictable place and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled.
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What happens when our...
that would be a task beyond hopeless. Instead, we would create an A.I. that uses its intelligence to learn what we value, and its motivation system is constructed in such a way that it is motivated to pursue our values or to perform actions that it predicts we would approve of.
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Your body language may...
looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.
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How do pregnancy tests...
and found that it predicted pregnancy with a respectable 70% accuracy, though it couldn't reliably tell the sex of the baby. Scientists hypothesized that the test worked because pregnant women's urine contains more estrogen, which can promote seed growth.
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His Epic Message Will...
ten to a hundred years every beloved animal character and every children's book is predicted to go extinct lions gone rhinos gone Tiger gorilla elephant polar bear gone in three seconds species that have been here longer than us will be gone because
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Nature's Oddest Looking...
species are now the number one threat to Australia's native wildlife they have already contributed to the extinction of more than a hundred indigenous species of flora and fauna it's hard to predict just how many feral pigs there are in
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Why do blood types...
knowing both parents' blood types lets us predict the relative probability of their children's blood types. Why do blood types matter? For blood transfusions, finding the correct one is a matter of life and death.
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Can you solve the pirate...
but about all possible outcomes down the line. And because the rank order is known in advance, each can accurately predict how the others would vote in any situation and adjust their own votes accordingly.
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The quantum world and...
thank you the universe is predictably unpredictable take for example the
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Why are some people...
and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world, eventually disappearing from the population. So by correctly predicting the distribution of left-handed people in the general population, as well as matching data from various sports, the model indicates
Video examples
How does asthma work? -...
which can lead to death from lack of oxygen. So how do we prevent these uncomfortable and potentially fatal attacks in people who have asthma? One way is to reduce the presence of triggers. Unfortunately, the world is an unpredictable place and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled.
Video examples
What happens when our...
that would be a task beyond hopeless. Instead, we would create an A.I. that uses its intelligence to learn what we value, and its motivation system is constructed in such a way that it is motivated to pursue our values or to perform actions that it predicts we would approve of.
Video examples
Your body language may...
looking at the effects of our body language, or other people's body language, on judgments. And we make sweeping judgments and inferences from body language. And those judgments can predict really meaningful life outcomes like who we hire or promote, who we ask out on a date.
Video examples
How do pregnancy tests...
and found that it predicted pregnancy with a respectable 70% accuracy, though it couldn't reliably tell the sex of the baby. Scientists hypothesized that the test worked because pregnant women's urine contains more estrogen, which can promote seed growth.
Video examples
His Epic Message Will...
ten to a hundred years every beloved animal character and every children's book is predicted to go extinct lions gone rhinos gone Tiger gorilla elephant polar bear gone in three seconds species that have been here longer than us will be gone because
Video examples
Nature's Oddest Looking...
species are now the number one threat to Australia's native wildlife they have already contributed to the extinction of more than a hundred indigenous species of flora and fauna it's hard to predict just how many feral pigs there are in
Video examples
Why do blood types...
knowing both parents' blood types lets us predict the relative probability of their children's blood types. Why do blood types matter? For blood transfusions, finding the correct one is a matter of life and death.
Video examples
Can you solve the pirate...
but about all possible outcomes down the line. And because the rank order is known in advance, each can accurately predict how the others would vote in any situation and adjust their own votes accordingly.
Video examples
The quantum world and...
thank you the universe is predictably unpredictable take for example the
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I don't think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I've had quite an unpredictable life.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
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Aaron Sorkin
American Screenwriter
It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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Fareed Zakaria
American Journalist
I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.
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Vivek Oberoi
Indian Actor
Like women, life is unpredictable and a huge risk.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
Life is anything but predictable.
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Grace VanderWaal
American Musician
The world is unpredictable.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Life is so unpredictable.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
I never want to turn something down because I'm afraid to do it, because of some idea of image or whatever. That was never anything I set out to do. In fact, the opposite, I always want to confuse people in terms of any kind of image and be unpredictable in any kind of movie I make.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I don't think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I've had quite an unpredictable life.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
American First Lady
If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor.
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Aaron Sorkin
American Screenwriter
It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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Fareed Zakaria
American Journalist
I'd be kidding if I said that I predicted the financial collapse.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
One can't predict the weather more than a few days in advance.
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Vivek Oberoi
Indian Actor
Like women, life is unpredictable and a huge risk.
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Dwayne Johnson
American Actor
Life is anything but predictable.
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Grace VanderWaal
American Musician
The world is unpredictable.
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Smriti Irani
Indian Politician
Life is so unpredictable.
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