1. Foresight of events; prevision; premeditation.
2. A conjecture about what the future holds.

ETYM Latin praedictio: cf. French prédiction.
1. A statement about the future; SYN. foretelling, forecasting.
2. Reasoning about the future; SYN. anticipation, foresight.

ETYM Latin, from Greek, to know beforehand; pro before + gignoskein to know. Related to Know.
1. A prediction about how something (as the weather) will develop; SYN. forecast.
2. A prediction of the course of a disease; SYN. prospect, medical prognosis.
3. Forecast, especially of development of disease.