予測
解説 Definition
predictions は prediction（予測、予言）の複数形です。将来起こりそうなことについて、情報や考えをもとに述べた複数の予測を表します。
Predictions are statements about events or conditions that someone expects to occur in the future, often based on evidence, calculations, or judgment. The plural form indicates two or more such forecasts or expected outcomes.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
prediction「予測」の複数形で、語尾が子音字 n なので単純に -s を付け、末尾は /z/ と発音します。pre-「前もって」＋ dict「言う」から、「起こる前に述べるもの」と捉えましょう。make predictions about ～「～について予測する」や weather predictions の形で、複数の見通しを示します。
Predictions is the regular plural of prediction: add -s, and pronounce the ending /z/ because the singular ends in the voiced sound /n/. The word’s parts also help: pre- suggests “before,” and the root dict relates to saying, so a prediction is something said before the event happens. Associate the plural with several expected outcomes, as in weather predictions or scientific predictions. A useful pattern is make predictions about something. Unlike a confirmed result, a prediction describes what is expected and may later prove correct or incorrect.
例文
His predictions were correct.
彼の予測は正しかった。
The weather predictions changed this morning.
今朝、天気予報の予測が変わった。
Scientists made predictions about next year's temperatures.
科学者たちは来年の気温について予測を立てた。
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predictions の語源・成り立ち Etymology
predictions は prediction の複数形で、語源はラテン語 praedicere「前もって言う」。pre-「前に」+ dict/dic「言う」から成り、「先に言葉にする」感覚がそのまま予測へつながる。関連語は predict、dictate。
Predictions is the plural of prediction, formed regularly by adding -s. Prediction came through Latin predictio from praedicere, meaning “to say beforehand.” The Latin verb combines prae-, “before,” with dicere, “to say.” This structure explains the modern sense of stating an expected future event in advance. The same Latin root appears in English words connected with speaking or stating, including predict and dictate.
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