predictor
English Thesaurus
1. a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system, |
| definition | : | a machine for performing calculations automatically (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom, |
| definition | : | artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes (noun.artifact) |
2. information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | information, |
| definition | : | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction (noun.cognition) |
3. someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) (noun.person)
| hypernym | : | illusionist, seer, visionary, |
| definition | : | a person with unusual powers of foresight (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | astrologer, astrologist, |
| definition | : | someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon (noun.person) |
| hyponym | : | fortune teller, fortuneteller, |
| definition | : | a person who foretells your personal future (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise, |
| definition | : | make a prediction about; tell in advance (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise, |
| definition | : | make a prediction about; tell in advance (verb.communication) |
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