Definition of Prediction

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Definition of Prediction
	Prediction The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy. Related Definitions: Act, Also, Foretelling, Foretold, Is, Of, Prophecy, That, The, Which

Prediction Quotations

Occurrences in this domain are beyond the reach of exact prediction because of the variety of factors in operation, not because of any lack of order in nature.
Albert Einstein

The only relevant test of the validity of a hypothesis is comparison of prediction with experience.
Milton Friedman

Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future.
Niels Bohr

The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.
Bill Vaughan

A self-fulfilling prophecy is an assumption or prediction that, purely as a result of having been made, cause the expected or predicted event to occur and thus confirms its own 'accuracy.'
Paul Watzlawick

Prediction? The Democrats will win. I think it will be a close win, both for the House and for the Senate.
John Dingell

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.
Antonio Tabucchi

If I would need to make a prediction I still believe Kaplan's scenario is very plausible.
David Korten

Contrary to popular accounts, very few scientists in the world - possibly none - have a sufficiently thorough, "big picture" understanding of the climate system to be relied upon for a prediction of the magnitude of global warming. To the public, we all might seem like experts, but the vast majority of us work on only a small portion of the problem.
Roy Spencer

I make a prediction here and now, and, my friends, I want you to watch the proceedings of Congress in these coming weeks of this extra session, or of the next regular session, to see whether I am right or not.
Richard Parks Bland

Prediction Translations

prediction in German is Voraussage, Vorhersage, Prophezeiung
prediction in Latin is divinatio

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