Retrodict
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Retrodict is a verb meaning To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.
Meaning
To attempt to estimate the previous state from the present.
Example Sentences
Many are impressed by the fact that climate models can "retrodict" climatic change—that is, use past climatic data (say, from the 1860s) to predict climatic data from the less-distant past (say, from the 1920s). They should not be.
Word Forms
- retrodicts
- retrodicting
- retrodicted
Antonyms for retrodict
Common opposites include predict.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include postdict, retrograde, backcast, repredict, backread, hindcast.
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