Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with prediction in American Collocation
prediction
noun
countable/uncountable
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
accurate
Her astonishingly accurate predictions are an invaluable asset to the American business world.
incorrect
All the experts’ predictions were wrong.
specific
Specific predictions of tsunamis are not going to be possible in the foreseeable future.
about natural events
Although they are made by the same sort of mathematical model, weather forecasts and climate predictions are really quite different.
involving amounts
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
Despite dire predictions of a devastating wave of human disease, very few humans have contracted the infection.
make a prediction
In that article I made a prediction which turned out to be drastically incorrect.
show that a prediction is correct
These computations have so far confirmed the predictions of her hypothesis.
produce a prediction
Different numerical techniques now produce the same predictions.
make a prediction possible
Newton’s laws of motion, generally do not allow precise predictions except in the simplest cases.
obtain a prediction
The program offers users the ability to obtain tidal predictions for over 6000 ports worldwide.
match a prediction
As the images above show, the actual eclipse matched the predictions very closely.
improve a prediction
An understanding of how the infection is transmitted will improve predictions of how the epidemic will develop.