Predict and Report

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 is an antonym for predict.

Report

Report verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

Predict is an antonym for report.

Common collocations

behaviour predict behaviour report behaviour
attack predict attack report attack
people predict people report people
event predict event report event
Other words: presence, death, location, actions, crime, weather, success, behavior, events, murders, crimes.

Both words in one sentence

  • Parodied when a news report says that scientists predict people will evolve an additional finger in the future.
  • Temporal Paradox In Minority Report, Precogs can predict murders before they happen (hours for crimes of passion, days when premeditated).
  • Informed Obscenity A Penny Arcade strip showed Microsoft using the Precog-system from Minority Report to predict words that are ABOUT to become profanity.
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