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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)
- 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)
- 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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indication
English
Etymology
From Old French indication, from Latin indic?ti? (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indic? (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; confer French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione.Morphologically indicate +? -ion
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nd??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
indication (countable and uncountable, plural indications)
- Act of pointing out or indicating.
- That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
- September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156
- The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.
- September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156
- Discovery made; information.
- (obsolete) Explanation; display. (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
- (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
- (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
Related terms
- index
- indicate
- indicator
- indicative
Translations
Further reading
- indication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- indication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin indic?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.di.ka.sj??/
Noun
indication f (plural indications)
- direction, instruction
- indication, sign
- indication, information
- a hint
Related terms
- indiquer
Further reading
- “indication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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