Usage Note
Prédire conjugates like dire except in the second-person plural present: vous prédisez (not prédites). It is used for both scientific forecasting (prédire le temps) and prophecy. The related noun prédiction and the agent devin (soothsayer) are useful companion words.
Examples
"Personne ne peut prédire l'avenir."
Natural Translation
Nobody can predict the future.

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