predict English · revision 7921

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1546|origins=la praedico}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /pɹɪˈdɪkt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from Latin praedictus, past participle of [[m|la|praedico|alt=praedīcere|t=to foretell, give notice]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from prae-, before, and dīcere, to say (see [[diction]]),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) perhaps as a back-formation from the earlier [[prediction]] (1561).^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ To mention earlier in a text: 1546, obsolete;^(OED 1989) to foretell, 1590 in MWU, 1623 in the OED, the 1620s in Etymonline,^(MWU 2024)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) and 1671, in Milton's ''Paradise Regained'', in Barnhart.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The intransitive, to prophesy, is from 1652.^(OED 1989) Of a theory, to have something as a deducible consequence, is from 1961.^(OED 1989) In gunnery, to direct fire with a predictor is from 1943.^(OED 1989) A noun predict, a prediction, was used about 1600.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1546 – to mention before (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1561 – prediction.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1623 – to foretell.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1652 – to prophesy (intransitive).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1961 – of a theory.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To say in advance what will happen, especially on the basis of knowledge or reasoning; to [[foretell]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[predictability]]

+ * [[predictable]]

+ * [[predictably]]

+ * [[predictive]]

+ * [[predictively]]

+ * [[predictiveness]]

+ * [[predictor]]

+ * [[mispredict]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[prediction]]

+ * [[diction]]

+ * [[dictate]]

+ * [[verdict]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}