predicate, v. 1. assert, affirm, maintain, advance, set forth, broach, declare, proclaim, profess, put forth, propose, propound, contend, allege, protest; state, set down, express; aver, asseverate, Archaic. assever, depose, avow, avouch, vouch, warrant, certify, attest.
2. signify, represent, connote, imply, suggest, indicate, intimate, implicate; import, purport, betoken, bespeak, speak to.

predict, v. 1. prophesy, prognosticate, forecast, vaticinate, Med. prognose; foretell, forespeak, augur, divine, Obs. auspicate, soothsay, foresee; read or interpret signs and omens, read palms or tea leaves, tell fortunes, see in the stars; forewarn, Rare, premonish; project, envision, see in the future, see in one's crystal ball, speculate, guess, theorize, hypothesize, play one's hunch.
2. foreshadow, presage, portend, forebode, bode, prefigure, foretoken, point to, omen; herald, harbinger, signify, indicate, promise, hint at, tell of, announce, proclaim.

predictable, adj. probable, likely, liable, expected, foreseeable, calculable, determinate, secure, Inf. in the cards, Inf. odds-on, Inf. sure-thing, Dial, sure 'nuff, SI. nailed down, SI. in the bag; reliable, reasonable, dependable, sure.

prediction, n. prophecy, prognostication, forecast, vaticination; augury, divination, soothsaying; projection, prognosis, supposition, surmise, speculation, conjecture, guess, Inf. hunch. See - prophecy, predictor, n. 1. prognosticator, forecaster, prophet, seer, augur, diviner, soothsayer. See - prophet (def. 1).
2. omen, sign, portent, token, foretoken, harbinger; premonition, preindication, forewarning, foreshadowing, handwriting on the wall,

predilection, n. 1. tendency, bias, inclination, bent, warp, ply, cast; proclivity, propensity, proneness, predisposition, penchant, Path, diathesis; mind, aptness, affection, temperament; idiosyncrasy, grain, vein, mettle, humor, drift, set.
2. partiality, preference, liking, taste, fancy, favor; weakness, fondness, attraction, prepossession, affinity; infatuation, fascination, passion; personal choice, Dial, druthers, Inf cup of tea, SI. bag, SI. thing.
3. prejudice, partisanship, favoritism, one-sidedness, jaundiced eye; bigotry, blindness, blind side; preconception, prenotion, forejudgment, preconceived notion.

predispose, v. 1. prearrange, prepare, ready, make ready; make preparations, lay the groundwork, lay the first stone, lay the foundations, prime, set up.
2. bias, influence, dispose, affect, move; sway, bend, warp, prejudice; persuade, induce, prompt, urge, spur.

predisposed, adj. inclined, partial, bent, prone, minded; fain, not loath, amenable, agreeable, willing; liable, susceptible, subject, given to, Archaic, pro-pense.

predisposition, n. 1. tendency, inclination, propensity; partiality, preference, attraction. See - predilection (defs. 1,2).
2. susceptibility, liability, aptitude, aptness, proneness; vulnerability, susceptivity, openness, exposure; possibility, likelihood, potentiality.

predominance, n. preponderance, Obs. prepollence, ascendancy, dominance, dominion, transcendence; prevalence, mastery, sway, hold, weight, control, rule; supremacy, sovereignty, prepotency, power, potency, Literary, puissance, authority, hegemony, superiority; preeminence, primacy, priority; upper hand, whip hand, edge.