to declare or tell in advance; prophesy; foretell

to predict the weather; to predict the fall of a civilization.

to foretell the future; make a prediction.

verb

adumbrate , anticipate , augur , be afraid , call , call it , conclude , conjecture , croak , crystal-ball* divine , envision , figure , figure out , forebode , forecast , foresee , forespeak , foretell , gather , guess , have a hunch , hazard a guess , infer , judge , make book , omen , portend , presage , presume , prognosticate , prophesy , psych out , read , see coming , see handwriting on wall , size up * , soothsay , suppose , surmise , telegraph , think , vaticinate , project , anticipated , certain , divine , expected , likely , predicate , predictable , triangulate