Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Prediction \Pre*dic"tion\, n. [L. praedictio: cf. F.
   pr['e]diction.]
   The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold;
   prophecy.

         The predictions of cold and long winters. --Bacon.

   Syn: Prophecy; prognostication; foreboding; augury;
        divination; soothsaying; vaticination.

Source : WordNet®

prediction
     n 1: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
          [syn: {anticipation}, {prevision}]
     2: a statement made about the future [syn: {foretelling}, {forecasting},
         {prognostication}]