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prezice

to predict /preˈzi.t͡ʃe/

verb#5703 most common

Also: to foretell, to forecast, to prophesy

Example sentences

Nu pot să prezic vremea.
I cannot predict the weather.
Ea prezice viitorul cu cărți de tarot.
She predicts the future with tarot cards.
Meteorologii prezic ploaie pentru mâine.
Meteorologists predict rain for tomorrow.
Nimeni nu ar fi putut prezice criza economică din 2008.
Nobody could have predicted the 2008 economic crisis.
Analiștii prezic o creștere economică lentă anul viitor.
Analysts predict slow economic growth next year.
Deși modelele statistice prezic tendințe generale, ele nu pot prezice evenimente imprevizibile cu certitudine.
Although statistical models predict general trends, they cannot predict unpredictable events with certainty.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgprezicpreziseivoi prezice
2sgpreziciprezisesivei prezice
3sgprezicepreziseva prezice
1plprezicempreziserămvom prezice
2plprezicețipreziserățiveți prezice
3plprezicpreziserăvor prezice

Word family

prezicereprediction, foretelling
prezispredicted (past participle)
prezicătorpredictor, soothsayer
ziceto say
contraziceto contradict

Etymology

Prezice comes from Latin praedicere, a compound of prae- (before) and dicere (to say). Romanian inherited the base verb as a zice (to say) and kept the same prefix pattern seen in praedicere. The result is a verb that means, quite literally, to say something before it happens.

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