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prediction

pre·dic·tion

UK/pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/ US/priˈdɪkʃʌn/ fairly common

noun

1.

the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin praedictiō, praedictiōnis; equivalent to predict + -ion. Compare the Germanic equivalents forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

Phrases

  • prediction market
  • Wiener-Kolmogorov prediction

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