- prediction, anticipation, prevision - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
--1 is a kind of reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
--1 has particulars:projection; prophecy, prognostication, vaticination; prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration Derived form: verb predict1 - prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication - a statement made about the future
--2 is a kind of statement
--2 has particulars:extropy; fortunetelling; horoscope; meteorology, weather forecasting; prognosis, forecast; prophecy, divination