{
    "term": "predict",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "predict",
            "heSheIt": "predicts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "predicted",
        "pastParticiple": "predicted",
        "ingForm": "predicting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to say that something will happen in the future",
            "sensetop": "predict somethingpredict what, whether, etc…predict (that)…it is predicted that…somebody/something is predicted to do something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a reliable method of predicting earthquakes",
                    "contextForm": "predict something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nobody could predict the outcome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **predict the future**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He predicts a bright future for the business in the next financial year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The party is predicting a majority of 20 seats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is impossible to predict what will happen.",
                    "contextForm": "predict what, whether, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She predicted (that) the election result would be close.",
                    "contextForm": "predict (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He predicted (that) it would be a bestseller."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.",
                    "contextForm": "it is predicted that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The trial is predicted to last for months.",
                    "contextForm": "somebody/something is predicted to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This figure is predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2030."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Every step in the movie is easily predicted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Few would have dared to predict such a landslide victory."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You cannot predict the weather with absolute accuracy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Newton's theories allow us to predict the flight of a ball."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is still too early to predict the degree to which prices will rise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is not possible to predict with any certainty what effect this will have."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can predict with absolute confidence how the newspapers will react."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I think I can safely predict that they will fight the verdict."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["correctly", "reliably", "successfully"],
                "verb + predict": ["be able to", "be unable to", "can"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["be widely predicted"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪkt/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predict__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪkts/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predicts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predicted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predicting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪkt/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predict__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪkts/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predicts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predicted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/predict/predicting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin praedict- ‘made known beforehand, declared’, from the verb praedicere, from prae- ‘beforehand’ + dicere ‘say’."
}