Basic Details
Word: Prediction
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A statement about what you think will happen in the future.
Synonyms: forecast, prophecy, guess
How to Spell Prediction
Syllables: pre - dic - tion
Tricky part: The middle is dict, with a c and a t, and the ending is tion, not sion or shun.
Watch out for: predicsion, predection, preddiction
Memory tip: Pre (before) + dict (say) + ion: a prediction says something before it happens.
Usage Examples
Example 1: My prediction is that India will win the series 3-1.
Example 2: The astronomer's prediction about the comet's return proved correct.
Example 3: Write a prediction about how the story will end before you read the last page.
Fun Fact
Weather predictions in India are issued by the India Meteorological Department, which was set up in 1875.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Makeup
Only one of these words becomes a correctly spelt noun when the ending below is added straight to it. Choose it:
ion
a) admit
b) explode
c) predict
d) decide
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c) predict. Predict + ion works as it is; the others change their spelling first - decision, admission, explosion.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word prediction as it is used in the sentence:
The farmers trusted the radio's prediction of an early monsoon and sowed their seeds.
a) memory
b) mistake
c) report
d) forecast
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d) forecast. A forecast is a statement about what is coming, just like a prediction.
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. superstision 2. prediction 3. astronemy 4. telescop
a) an instrument that makes distant things look nearer
b) the scientific study of stars and planets
c) a belief in luck or magic that is not based on reason
d) a statement about what will happen in the future
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d) a statement about what will happen in the future. Superstition ends in tion like prediction; astronomy and telescope are misspelt too.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these is a prediction?
a) It is raining now.
b) It will rain tomorrow.
c) It rained yesterday.
d) Rain is water.
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b) It will rain tomorrow.
2. A person who makes predictions about the weather is a ____.
a) carpenter
b) forecaster
c) librarian
d) historian
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b) forecaster
