postdict

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Modelled on predict; see post-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

postdict (third-person singular simple present postdicts, present participle postdicting, simple past and past participle postdicted)

  1. (transitive) To estimate or suppose something which took place in past; to conjecture something that occurred beforehand.

Related terms[edit]