prediction

prédiction, prévision

Affirmation de ce qu’on pense voir arriver dans l’avenir.

En anglais simple : A statement about what you think will happen in the future.

• My prediction was wrong.
• She made a prediction about our future.
• Did any of your predictions come true?

Comment l'utiliser : prediction about something (Her prediction about the weather was correct.); prediction that… (His prediction that we would win proved wrong.)

Synonymes : forecast

Expressions courantes : make a prediction, weather prediction, prediction about something

prévision, prédiction

Estimation de ce qui devrait arriver, fondée sur des faits et des chiffres.

En anglais simple : An estimate of what is likely to happen, made using facts and numbers.

• The prediction uses sales data.
• Their election predictions were surprisingly accurate.
• The model produces a new prediction every hour.

Comment l'utiliser : prediction of something (The data improved our prediction of future demand.)

Synonymes : forecast, projection

Expressions courantes : accurate prediction, prediction model, prediction of something