Dictionary entry

Prediction

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Pre‐dic″tion (?), n. [L. praedictio: cf. F. prédiction.] The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

The predictions of cold and long winters. Bacon.

Syn. — Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury; divination; soothsaying; vaticination.