Retrodict
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Retrodict [ret-ruh-dikt]

VERB

VERB

  • State a fact about the past based on inference or deduction, rather than evidence

Example

"The teacher retrodicted several different theories to explain the world history."

"The geologists have retrodicted the position of continents millions of years ago."

Synonyms

Postdict, Imagine

Antonyms

Predict, Forsee, Envision