1.  predict(v = verb.communication) anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, prognosticate, promise - make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
is one way to guess, hazard, pretend, venture
Derived forms noun prediction₁, adjective predictive₁, noun predictor₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

2.  predict(v = verb.communication) augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
is one way to bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
Derived form adjective predictive₁
Sample sentences: Something ----s something

   To tell or declare beforehand; to foretell; to prophesy; to presage; as, to predict misfortune; to predict the return of a comet. [1913 Webster]

   A prediction. Shak. [1913 Webster]

predict, v.tr. (often foll. by that + clause) make a statement about the future; foretell, prophesy.

Derivative:
predictive adj. predictively adv. predictor n.

Etymology:
L praedicere praedict- (as PRAE-, dicere say)

VB  foresee, look forwards to, look ahead, look beyond, scent from afar, look into the future, pry into the future, peer into the future, see one's way, see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, see how the wind blows, test the waters, see how the cat jumps, anticipate, expect, be beforehand, predict, foreknow, forejudge, forecast, presurmise, have an eye to the future, have an eye to the main chance, respicere finem, keep a sharp lookout, forewarn.

VB  predict, prognosticate, prophesy, vaticinate, divine, foretell, soothsay, augurate, tell fortunes, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, advise, forewarn, presage, augur, bode, abode, forebode, foretoken, betoken, prefigure, preshow, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, shadow forth, typify, pretypify, ominate, signify, point to, usher in, herald, premise, announce, lower, hold out expectation, raise expectation, excite expectation, excite hope, bid fair, promise, lead one to expect, be the precursor, extrapolate, project.