Prediction
noun
A statement about what you think will happen in the future, based on knowledge or experience.
Doctors made a prediction about when the patient might fully recover.
Often appears as...
- make a prediction
- forecast prediction
noun
In sports, an expectation about the outcome of a game or competition.
His prediction for the championship match was unfortunately incorrect.
Often appears as...
- game prediction
- match prediction
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Colloquial
noun
In science, a statement made about the outcome of an experiment before the experiment is carried out.
The scientist made a prediction about the results of the experiment based on his hypothesis.
Often appears as...
- scientific prediction
- hypothesis prediction
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Academic
noun
In finance, a statement about future trends or outcomes in markets or the economy.
Based on the current state of the market, her prediction was that stocks would rise.
Often appears as...
- market prediction
- financial prediction
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Technical
noun
A statement about what you think will happen in the future, based on knowledge or experience.
Doctors made a prediction about when the patient might fully recover.
Often appears as...
- make a prediction
- forecast prediction
noun
In sports, an expectation about the outcome of a game or competition.
His prediction for the championship match was unfortunately incorrect.
Often appears as...
- game prediction
- match prediction
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
In science, a statement made about the outcome of an experiment before the experiment is carried out.
The scientist made a prediction about the results of the experiment based on his hypothesis.
Often appears as...
- scientific prediction
- hypothesis prediction
Usage tips
Academic
noun
In finance, a statement about future trends or outcomes in markets or the economy.
Based on the current state of the market, her prediction was that stocks would rise.
Often appears as...
- market prediction
- financial prediction
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Reality Check
Predictions are educated guesses about the future, not facts.
Her prediction that the concert would sell out was just speculation.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Opinion
Predictions often reflect someone's personal opinion or belief.
His prediction that robots will replace jobs is his own view.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Accurate
Predictions can be wrong, as they're based on current knowledge.
Her weather prediction was incorrect; it didn't rain at all.
Pro Tip 1/3Reality Check
Predictions are educated guesses about the future, not facts.
Her prediction that the concert would sell out was just speculation.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Opinion
Predictions often reflect someone's personal opinion or belief.
His prediction that robots will replace jobs is his own view.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Accurate
Predictions can be wrong, as they're based on current knowledge.
Her weather prediction was incorrect; it didn't rain at all.
Pro Tip 1/3Reality Check
Predictions are educated guesses about the future, not facts.
Her prediction that the concert would sell out was just speculation.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Opinion
Predictions often reflect someone's personal opinion or belief.
His prediction that robots will replace jobs is his own view.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Accurate
Predictions can be wrong, as they're based on current knowledge.
Her weather prediction was incorrect; it didn't rain at all.
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Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
and we store them, and we recall them. When we recall them, we match them up against reality, and we're making predictions all the time. It's an internal metric; there's an internal metric about us, saying, do we understand the world, am I making predictions, and so on. You're all being intelligent now, but you're not doing anything.
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What light can teach us...
Along with the idea that the visible universe has been constantly expanding from a densely packed single point, one of this theory's most important predictions is that the early universe consisted of just two hydrogen and helium, in a ratio of three to one. And this prediction can also be tested with light.
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Population pyramids:...
social scientists and policy experts have to work with. But understanding a country's situation and making accurate predictions requires knowing not just the total size of the population but its internal characteristics, such as age and gender distribution. So, how can we keep track of all that data
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The Man Who Swims...
seeing if we understand why an animal uses a certain habitat then we can actually forecast and make prediction as to what it should do in a different location just because in areas protected the sharks themselves don't actually know that they're within a protected
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How science fiction can...
One way futurists arrive at their predictions is by analyzing movements and trends in society, and charting the paths they are likely to follow into the future with varying degrees of probability. Their work informs the decisions of policymakers and world leaders,
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Einstein's brilliant...
dozens of experiments have tested the EPR prediction, and all have found the same quantum mechanics is correct. The correlations between the indeterminate states of entangled particles are real and cannot be explained by any deeper variable.
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Is there a limit to...
A truly advanced civilization, then, would harness both stellar energy and subatomic technologies. But these predictions weren't made just for us humans. They double as a possible means of detecting intelligent life in the universe.
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How do you build a...
size of problem increases the time taken on a supercomputer increases exponentially and it rapidly hits the age of the universe the prediction is that for a quantum computer the scaling is very different and it maintains its
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Could comets be the...
by a passing comet. So, rather than an omen of death, the comet that first brought amino acids to Earth could have been a portent of life, a prediction of a distant future, where creatures of stardust
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Scientists Create Tiny...
nobody in the world studies we wanted to make these future worlds to see what things would look like we're raising the temperature and boosting the temperature based on different climate predictions
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Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
and we store them, and we recall them. When we recall them, we match them up against reality, and we're making predictions all the time. It's an internal metric; there's an internal metric about us, saying, do we understand the world, am I making predictions, and so on. You're all being intelligent now, but you're not doing anything.
Video examples
What light can teach us...
Along with the idea that the visible universe has been constantly expanding from a densely packed single point, one of this theory's most important predictions is that the early universe consisted of just two hydrogen and helium, in a ratio of three to one. And this prediction can also be tested with light.
Video examples
Population pyramids:...
social scientists and policy experts have to work with. But understanding a country's situation and making accurate predictions requires knowing not just the total size of the population but its internal characteristics, such as age and gender distribution. So, how can we keep track of all that data
Video examples
The Man Who Swims...
seeing if we understand why an animal uses a certain habitat then we can actually forecast and make prediction as to what it should do in a different location just because in areas protected the sharks themselves don't actually know that they're within a protected
Video examples
How science fiction can...
One way futurists arrive at their predictions is by analyzing movements and trends in society, and charting the paths they are likely to follow into the future with varying degrees of probability. Their work informs the decisions of policymakers and world leaders,
Video examples
Einstein's brilliant...
dozens of experiments have tested the EPR prediction, and all have found the same quantum mechanics is correct. The correlations between the indeterminate states of entangled particles are real and cannot be explained by any deeper variable.
Video examples
Is there a limit to...
A truly advanced civilization, then, would harness both stellar energy and subatomic technologies. But these predictions weren't made just for us humans. They double as a possible means of detecting intelligent life in the universe.
Video examples
How do you build a...
size of problem increases the time taken on a supercomputer increases exponentially and it rapidly hits the age of the universe the prediction is that for a quantum computer the scaling is very different and it maintains its
Video examples
Could comets be the...
by a passing comet. So, rather than an omen of death, the comet that first brought amino acids to Earth could have been a portent of life, a prediction of a distant future, where creatures of stardust
Video examples
Scientists Create Tiny...
nobody in the world studies we wanted to make these future worlds to see what things would look like we're raising the temperature and boosting the temperature based on different climate predictions
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Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things.
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Charles Vest
American Educator
Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
There is no example of someone reading their scripture and saying, 'I have a prediction about the world that no one knows yet, because this gave me insight. Let's go test that prediction,' and have the prediction be correct.
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Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
The weather doesn't respect political or geographic boundaries: we're all living under the same sky. And so weather prediction has been a marvel not only of technology but also of international cooeperation.
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Eric Maskin
American Economist
Prediction is certainly a valuable goal in science, but not the only one. Explanation is also important, and there are plenty of sciences that do a lot of explaining and not much predicting.
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Nate Silver
American Writer
To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
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Brian Schmidt
Australian Scientist
Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.
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Edward Witten
American Mathematician
One very important aspect of string theory is definitely testable. That was the prediction of supersymmetry, which emerged from string theory in the early '70s.
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Kaya Scodelario
British Actress
I don't like to make predictions, because my life's been pretty unpredictable so far.
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Christopher Reeve
American Actor
I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.
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Yuri Milner
Russian Businessman
Science is one of a handful of things that defines us as a very special species. It is amazing how far we have been able to get and how accurate our predictions are. I think understanding how the universe was born is very important. It really gives us a perspective on many things.
Quote examples
Charles Vest
American Educator
Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Scientist
There is no example of someone reading their scripture and saying, 'I have a prediction about the world that no one knows yet, because this gave me insight. Let's go test that prediction,' and have the prediction be correct.
Quote examples
Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
The weather doesn't respect political or geographic boundaries: we're all living under the same sky. And so weather prediction has been a marvel not only of technology but also of international cooeperation.
Quote examples
Eric Maskin
American Economist
Prediction is certainly a valuable goal in science, but not the only one. Explanation is also important, and there are plenty of sciences that do a lot of explaining and not much predicting.
Quote examples
Nate Silver
American Writer
To the extent that you can find ways where you're making predictions, there's no substitute for testing yourself on real-world situations that you don't know the answer to in advance.
Quote examples
Brian Schmidt
Australian Scientist
Science is not, despite how it is often portrayed, about absolute truths. It is about developing an understanding of the world, making predictions, and then testing these predictions.
Quote examples
Edward Witten
American Mathematician
One very important aspect of string theory is definitely testable. That was the prediction of supersymmetry, which emerged from string theory in the early '70s.
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Kaya Scodelario
British Actress
I don't like to make predictions, because my life's been pretty unpredictable so far.
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Christopher Reeve
American Actor
I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.
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