predicting
予測する
解説 Definition
predicting は predict（予測する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。データや経験をもとに、これから起こることを見通す場合に使われます。
Present participle and gerund form of predict, meaning estimating or stating what is likely to happen in the future on the basis of evidence, patterns, experience, or judgment. It may describe an action in progress or the activity itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
predict に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、発音の中心も原形 predict と同じ。pre-「前もって」＋dict「言う」から「先のことを言う」と捉える。be predicting なら「予測している」、Predicting prices のように文頭なら「予測すること」。forecast より幅広い対象に使える。
Predicting is predict plus -ing, with no spelling change to the base word. Connect pre- with “before” and dict with “say”: predicting is, in a literal memory sense, “saying beforehand” what is likely to happen. In “She is predicting rain,” it forms a progressive verb; in “Predicting prices is difficult,” it acts as a gerund naming the activity. Unlike forecast, which is especially common for weather and numerical trends, predict can cover almost any future event or result.
例文
She is predicting rain tomorrow.
彼女は明日は雨になると予測しています。
Predicting prices is not easy.
価格を予測するのは簡単ではありません。
The team is predicting a small increase in sales.
チームは売上が少し増えると予測しています。
predicting の類義語・関連語
predicting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
predicting は predict + -ing。predict はラテン語 praedicere にさかのぼり、prae-「前もって」+ dicere「言う」から成るので、原義は「先に言う」→「予測する」です。関連語に dictate、dictionary があり、どちらも dicere「言う」とつながります。
Predicting is formed regularly by adding -ing to predict. Predict comes from Latin praedicere, composed of prae-, meaning “before,” and dicere, meaning “to say.” Its literal basis is therefore “to say beforehand,” which developed into the modern sense of stating what is expected to happen. English words such as dictionary and dictate are historically connected with the same Latin verb dicere, although their modern meanings differ.
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