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Vaticination

Prediction; prophecy.

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Anticipation 76% connected

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

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Prediction 76% connected

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

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Prevision 76% connected

Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.

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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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Foretelling 76% connected

of Foretell

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Soothsaying 76% connected

A true saying; truth.

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Vaticinate 74% connected

To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.

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Vaticinate 74% connected

To prophesy; to foretell; to practice prediction; to utter prophecies.

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Prognostication 92% connected

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

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Prophecy 92% connected

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

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Accelerate verb · 78% connection

cause to move faster; "He accelerated the car"

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Act upon verb · 78% connection

have and exert influence or effect; "The artist's work influenced the young painter"; "She worked on her friends to support the politi…

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Bring about verb · 78% connection

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Causal factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Causation noun · 78% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Chemical mechanism noun · 78% connection

the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction; "he determined unique mechanisms for the photochemical reactions"

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Coefficient of correlation noun · 78% connection

a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…

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Consequence noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Correlation noun · 78% connection

a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…

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Correlation coefficient noun · 78% connection

a statistic representing how closely two variables co-vary; it can vary from -1 (perfect negative correlation) through 0 (no correlati…

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Covariation noun · 78% connection

(statistics) correlated variation

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Decelerate verb · 78% connection

lose velocity; move more slowly; "The car decelerated"

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Determinant noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Determining factor noun · 78% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Effect noun · 78% connection

a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "h…

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Evolve verb · 78% connection

gain through experience; "I acquired a strong aversion to television"; "Children must develop a sense of right and wrong"; "Dave devel…

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Facilitate verb · 78% connection

make easier; "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"

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Give rise verb · 78% connection

cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemic…

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Accommodate verb · 78% connection

To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements…

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Accomplishment noun · 78% connection

The act of accomplishing; entire performance; completion; fulfillment; as, the accomplishment of an enterprise, of a prophecy, etc.

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Anticipate verb · 78% connection

make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

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Apollo noun · 78% connection

A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and musi…

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Augury noun · 78% connection

An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage.

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Austromancy noun · 78% connection

Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.

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Call verb · 78% connection

make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

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Ekaboron noun · 78% connection

The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but sinc…

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Forebode verb · 78% connection

make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

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Forespeaking noun · 78% connection

A prediction; also, a preface.

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Foretell verb · 78% connection

make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"

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