PREDICTION in a Sentence

Learn PREDICTION from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
101 example sentences for PREDICTION, such as:
1. Natasha's prediction proved true.
2. He predicted when war would break out.
3. Earthquake prediction is an inexact science.
4. Browning's prediction is no better than a wild guess.
5. It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of PREDICTION
prediction
 n.  the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
 n.  a statement made about the future
Classic Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1  I need say nothing here, on the first head, because nothing can show better than my history whether that prediction was verified or falsified by the result.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
2  Unconscious of this prediction, Mr. Dick continued to occupy precisely the same ground in reference to the Doctor and to Mrs. Strong.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS
3  The prediction of the Mormon was only too well fulfilled.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
4  Oliver having 'caught it,' in fulfilment of Noah's prediction, followed that young gentleman down the stairs to breakfast.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
5  This prediction was but half fulfilled: I did not indeed dream of sorrow, but as little did I dream of joy; for I never slept at all.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
6  Dr. Meade's prediction was right--as far as it went.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
7  Natasha's prediction proved true.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER X
8  Now, he was going to try to take liberties, just as Ellen predicted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  At the end of July came the unwelcome news, predicted by Uncle Henry, that the Yankees had swung around again toward Jonesboro.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  As grandfather had predicted, Mrs. Shimerda never saw the roads going over his head.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XVI
11  Many had predicted that Robert would devote himself to Mrs. Pontellier when he arrived.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In V
12  It was doubtless in consequence of a knowledge of this fact, that one great statesman of the south predicted the downfall of slavery by the inevitable laws of population.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  Noirtier was a true prophet, and things progressed rapidly, as he had predicted.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
14  This order was also executed; and the vessel passed, as Dantes had predicted, twenty fathoms to windward.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21. The Island of Tiboulen.
15  Danglars made no reply; he was occupied in anticipations of the coming scene between himself and the baroness, whose frowning brow, like that of Olympic Jove, predicted a storm.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 47. The Dappled Grays.
Example Sentence: (69 in 5 pages)
1  Not many people agree with the government's prediction that the economy will improve.
2  He was unwilling to make a prediction about which books would sell in the coming year.
3  Browning's prediction is no better than a wild guess.
4  Earthquake prediction is an inexact science.
5  So how do we establish confidence in prediction from the model?
6  Assume that the additional information predicted project success.
7  He predicted when war would break out.
8  It was predicted that inflation would continue to fall.
9  All countries, it was predicted, would develop and develop fast.
10  He praised the union's aims but predicted its early demise.
11  The final figure looks like being much higher than predicted.
12  A victory for Brazil had been predicted and such indeed was the result.
13  This is due to be announced next month and is widely predicted to involve jobs losses and possible plant closures.
14  The recent failure of so many Internet businesses has provided a reality check for those who predicted huge profits.
15  It was widely predicted and the Omani government had taken the precaution of evacuating low-lying areas.