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Common collocations with prediction in American Collocation

prediction noun countable/uncountable

US /prɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/

accurate

accurate
correct
good
precise
reliable

Her astonishingly accurate predictions are an invaluable asset to the American business world.

incorrect

false
inaccurate
incorrect
wrong

All the experts’ predictions were wrong.

specific

specific

Specific predictions of tsunamis are not going to be possible in the foreseeable future.

about natural events

climate
tidal
weather

Although they are made by the same sort of mathematical model, weather forecasts and climate predictions are really quite different.

involving amounts

mathematical
numerical
quantitative
statistical

We have reached the very interesting point where we can compare the numerical predictions with the experimental observations.

saying that something very bad will happen

dire
gloomy
grim
pessimistic

Despite dire predictions of a devastating wave of human disease, very few humans have contracted the infection.

make a prediction

give
make
offer
provide

In that article I made a prediction which turned out to be drastically incorrect.

show that a prediction is correct

confirm
fulfil
support
validate
verify

These computations have so far confirmed the predictions of her hypothesis.

produce a prediction

generate
model
produce

Different numerical techniques now produce the same predictions.

make a prediction possible

allow
enable

Newton’s laws of motion, generally do not allow precise predictions except in the simplest cases.

obtain a prediction

get
obtain

The program offers users the ability to obtain tidal predictions for over 6000 ports worldwide.

match a prediction

match

As the images above show, the actual eclipse matched the predictions very closely.

improve a prediction

improve
refine
revise

An understanding of how the infection is transmitted will improve predictions of how the epidemic will develop.