predicted
verb/pɾɨˈvi.ɾɐ̃w̃/medium
pre·vi·ram
Definition
Third person plural of the simple past tense of the verb 'to foresee'. They anticipated mentally; they predicted.
The meteorologists predicted heavy rain for the weekend.
No one predicted that the situation would deteriorate so quickly.
Common collocations
they predicted the futurethey predicted the consequencesthey predicted the stormthey predicted the outcome
Etymology
Do latim 'praevidere' ('ver antecipadamente').