{
    "term": "prediction",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a statement that says what you think will happen; the act of making such a statement",
            "sensetop": "prediction about/on somethingprediction that…prediction of somethingprediction for somebody/something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The results of the experiment confirmed our predictions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've learned not to **make predictions** about the weather.",
                    "contextForm": "prediction about/on something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's difficult to make accurate predictions about the effects on the environment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Experts preview the game and offer their prediction on the outcome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Not many people agree with the government's prediction that the economy will improve.",
                    "contextForm": "prediction that…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their prediction of fifty million visitors turned out to be optimistic.",
                    "contextForm": "prediction of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "What are your predictions for the economy?",
                    "contextForm": "prediction for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Skilled readers make use of context and prediction."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It turned out my prediction was right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me get your predictions on the final score."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Despite earlier dire predictions, shares remained steady."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In this study, we made no specific predictions about likely outcomes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Six hundred workers there lost their jobs today, amid gloomy predictions that there could be worse to come."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sales results exceeded even the most optimistic predictions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their success defies the predictions made by most experts."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["accurate", "correct", "good"],
                "verb + prediction": ["make", "give", "offer"],
                "prediction + verb": [
                    "prove something",
                    "turn out to be something",
                    "be borne out"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "amid predictions",
                    "contrary to a/​the prediction",
                    "despite a/​the prediction"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prediction/prediction__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪkʃn/",
                "audio": "pr/prediction/prediction__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: from Latin praedictio(n-), from praedicere ‘make known beforehand’, from prae ‘beforehand’ + dicare ‘make known’."
}