- present participle of predict.
predicting
Example Sentences
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Many will be predicting a similar scoreline this game - and it's unlikely Messi will play the full 90 minutes.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
"I hear, here and there, the prophets of doom predicting the worst," said Finance Minister Roland Lescure regarding France's ability to service its debt.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
These results highlight the complexity of biology and the challenge of predicting outcomes from measurements taken many steps upstream.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Some are predicting that a wet El Niño could bring back long-dry Tulare Lake, which reappeared atop thousands of acres of farmland in 2023.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
If he was predicting we couldn’t hold off an attack, that wasn’t good.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
