predicts

verb

present tense third-person singular of predict
as in reads
to tell of or describe beforehand I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now

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Recent Examples of predicts Sabbagh predicts this could transform the space industry from having less than 10 million users of mobile satellite services to being able to reach billions of users. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026 In 2027, Whatnot predicts that the Y2K revival will be even flashier than before. — Kanika Talwar, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026 The latter predicts a single universe by denying the universal validity of Schrödinger’s equation. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 The Tesla and SpaceX CEO predicts that advances in robotics and space exploration could eventually make conventional money irrelevant. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 By the end of the decade, those seven economies’ public debt loads are expected to collectively exceed their economic production, the IMF predicts. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Mecklenburg Board of Elections Director Michael Dickerson predicts the county will set a record for early voting turnout in a midterm election. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026 Amaya predicts the next Kelvin wave will reach San Diego in late October or early November. — Ava Berger, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026 With The Keepers, Black Tomato co-founder Tom Marchant predicts that in a world where nearly anything can be looked up or generated in seconds, human knowledge and connection are the ultimate luxuries. — Jen Murphy, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for predicts
  1. reads
  2. anticipates
  3. warns
  4. foretells
  5. announces
  6. presages
  7. forecasts
Verb
  • The case against despair Not everyone reads the data that way.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The designer handbag is a patchwork style with silver hardware that reads the French house’s name.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of reads
Verb
  • The maritime advisory anticipates the returns will keep skewing toward backhaul voyages as carriers test the route.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • With plans now further locked in for a new Royals stadium in Crown Center, one Crossroads-area business owner and leader anticipates impact beyond the stadium itself that will enhance the urban core.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of anticipates
Verb
  • The bank still calls Nvidia the sector’s best risk-reward opportunity but warns that financing pressures, power shortages, and concentrated customers could threaten the buildout.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
  • While agreeing that batteries play a key role in cutting emissions from transport and power generation, the study warns that emissions from producing them could rise sharply if manufacturing expands without cleaner processes.
    — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of warns
Verb
  • At Saul's request, the witch summons what appears to be the spirit of the deceased prophet Samuel, who foretells Saul's death in battle — raising the question of theodicy, or why an all-powerful God would allow an apparently diabolical act to occur.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Annabeth has grown to care for Percy, but like Thalia, his fate is possibly tied to a prophecy that foretells of him destroying or saving Olympus.
    — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of foretells
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  • The series begins with a prison bus pulling up to a correctional facility in Georgia, where the commander of jail operations, Major Boughner, announces how the 30 participants, 27 men and 3 women, will be divided.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Part of the problem is that friction rarely announces itself as a five-alarm fire.
    — Rhodes Kriske, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of announces
Verb
  • Charlie Kirk's family blamed Utah officials for failing to prevent the conservative activist's assassination at a state university, in a wrongful death notice announced Wednesday that presages a possible lawsuit.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The backlash to the Barbara decision presages another legal and cultural battle over the meaning of the 14th Amendment and its role in the debate over who is recognized as an American citizen, observers say.
    — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
Definition of presages
Verb
  • Hateco forecasts that the inland port is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2029.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Cassegrain forecasts double-digit growth in 2026, outperforming the luxury average.
    — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of forecasts

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