Predict
Predict verb - To tell of or describe beforehand.
Usage example: I can't even begin to predict what housing prices will be like 30 years from now
Report
Report verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Parodied when a news report says that scientists predict people will evolve an additional finger in the future.
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In Minority Report, Precogs can predict murders before they happen (hours for crimes of passion, days when premeditated).
Source: Temporal Paradox -
A Penny Arcade strip showed Microsoft using the Precog-system from Minority Report to predict words that are ABOUT to become profanity.
Source: Informed Obscenity
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