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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

previsão

Pronunciation / Transliteration: /pɾe.viˈzɐ̃w̃/

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Prediction/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A previsão dos cientistas baseia-se em dados concretos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A statement about what someone thinks will happen in the future.

    "Meteorologists issued a weather prediction for heavy snowfall this weekend."
  2. 2

    The act of forecasting or predicting a future event based on current data, models, or intuition.

    "Economic predictions for the next quarter indicate steady market growth."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin praediction-, stem of praedictio, from praedicere meaning 'to make known beforehand', combining prae- (before) and dicere (to say). Entering Middle English in the 15th century, the word originally pertained to prophetic declarations before expanding into scientific and general forecasting contexts.

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