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Prediction

The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

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Adumbration 76% connected

The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

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Divination 76% connected

The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means.

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Forecast 76% connected

To plan beforehand; to scheme; to project.

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Horoscope 76% connected

The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of t…

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Meteorology 76% connected

The science which treats of the atmosphere and its phenomena, particularly of its variations of heat and moisture, of its winds, storms, etc.

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Prefiguration 76% connected

The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.

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Prognosis 76% connected

The act or art of foretelling the course and termination of a disease; also, the outlook afforded by this act of judgment; as, the prognosis of hydro…

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Prognostication 76% connected

The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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Prophecy 76% connected

A declaration of something to come; a foretelling; a prediction; esp., an inspired foretelling.

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Vaticination 76% connected

Prediction; prophecy.

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Reasoning 76% connected

of Reason

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Statement 76% connected

The act of stating, reciting, or presenting, orally or in paper; as, to interrupt a speaker in the statement of his case.

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Calculate 74% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Calculate 74% connected

To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

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Anticipation 92% connected

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Foretelling 92% connected

of Foretell

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Prevision 92% connected

Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Prognostication 92% connected

The act of foreshowing or foretelling something future by present signs; prediction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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