Word part · Latin root
The Latin root dict
Means: say, or tell.
At a glance
- Part
- dict
- Meaning
- say, or tell
- Layer
- Latin: Prefixes, suffixes and roots behind many school and book words.
To predict is to say what will happen before it does.
Example words
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- pre (prefix)+dict (root or base)→predict
say what will happen before it happens
- pre (prefix)+dict (root or base)+ion (suffix)→prediction
a statement about what will happen
- pre (prefix)+dict (root or base)+able (suffix)→predictable
can be predicted
- un (prefix)+pre (prefix)+dict (root or base)+able (suffix)→unpredictable
cannot be predicted
- dict (root or base)+ation (suffix)→dictation
saying words aloud for someone to write down
- dict (root or base)+ion (suffix)→diction
the way a person says words
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