prediction

«prediction» in Mova's school dictionary: a guess about what will happen in the future, often based… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a prediction, predictions)

meaning for a pupil

1) A prediction is a guess about what will happen in the future, often based on facts or evidence. tree →

2) A prediction is the act of saying what will happen. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons pupils make a prediction before an experiment and then test it: «I predict the ice will melt faster in the sun.» In maths, data patterns help make predictions. In everyday life the weather forecast is a prediction. Phrases: make a prediction, my prediction is, test your prediction.

examples

• My prediction is that the heavier ball will fall faster. tree →
• Write your prediction before you start the experiment. tree →
• The weather prediction said it would rain. tree →
• Her prediction turned out to be right. tree →
• Use the pattern to make a prediction for the next number. tree →
• Nobody's prediction of the score was correct. tree →
• Our Mayblossom will be happy in spite of her predictions.’ tree →

note

Countable. Verb: predict; adjective: predictable. A prediction is not a wild guess; it uses what you know. In science, if the result does not match the prediction, you write why.

In the corpora

• A bot cannot know the future or secret scripts; its predictions are invented.
• Scary predictions online are usually nonsense meant to get attention.
• A prediction does not have to come true to be a good one.
• Good readers change their predictions as they go, like a weather forecaster who looks out of the window again.
• That is a real prediction in slang.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «prediction» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.