Predicting
verb (used with object)
1.
to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell:
to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.
verb (used without object)
2.
to foretell the future; make a prediction.
verb
1.
(transitive; may take a clause as object) to state or make a declaration about in advance, esp on a reasoned basis; foretell
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