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predire

to predict

verb preh-DEE-reh Rare
Communication Speech

Origin: Latin praedicere (to say beforehand)

Also means

to foretell

Usage Note

Predire is an irregular compound of dire and follows the same conjugation: predico, predici, predice etc. It takes avere as its auxiliary. More literary than prevedere (to foresee), predire often implies prophecy or divination. The past participle is predetto.

Examples

"Nessuno può predire il futuro."

Natural Translation

Nobody can predict the future.

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