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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#m1)

2) A prediction is the act of saying what will happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#x1)
- Write your prediction before you start the experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#x2)
- The weather prediction said it would rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#x3)
- Her prediction turned out to be right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#x4)
- Use the pattern to make a prediction for the next number. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#x5)
- Nobody's prediction of the score was correct. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#x6)
- Our Mayblossom will be happy in spite of her predictions.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/7-pretend-games-quotes-and-two-bots/15/)
- [Scary predictions online are usually nonsense meant to get attention.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/15-bots-are-not-doctors-helplines-are-people/14/)
- [A prediction does not have to come true to be a good one.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/3/)
- [Good readers change their predictions as they go, like a weather forecaster who looks out of the window again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/6/)
- [That is a real prediction in slang.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/19-prediction-what-happens-next/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prediction» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prediction/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.