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prediction

English

Alternative forms

  • prædiction (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praedictio, praedictionis; equivalent to predict +? -ion. Equivalent to Germanic forespeaking, foretale, foretelling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p???d?k?n/

Noun

prediction (plural predictions)

  1. A statement of what will happen in the future.
    "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future." Yogi Berra or Robert Storm Petersen (in translation from Danish)
  2. A probability estimation based on statistical methods.

Synonyms

  • (statement about the future): forecast, foretale, foretelling, halseny, prognosis, prognostication

Related terms

  • predict

Translations

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doomsday

English

Alternative forms

  • domesday (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English domes + dai, from Old English dom (judgment) + dæg (day). Equivalent to doom +? -s- +? day.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?du?mz.de?/
  • Hyphenation: dooms?day

Noun

doomsday (countable and uncountable, plural doomsdays)

  1. The day when God is expected to judge the world; end times.
  2. judgement day; the day of the Final Judgment; any day of decisive judgement or final dissolution.

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

doomsday (not comparable)

  1. Concerned with or predicting future universal destruction.
  2. Given to or marked by forebodings or predictions of impending calamity.
  3. Capable of causing widespread or total destruction.

Derived terms

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  • what's doomsday clock
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  • what's doomsday date
  • what doomsday in spanish
  • what doomsday means in spanish
  • what's doomsday in french
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