gloomy predictions

collocation in English

meaningsofgloomyandprediction

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gloomy
adjective
uk
/ˈɡluː.mi/us
/ˈɡluː.mi/
unhappy and ...
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prediction
noun[C or U]
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/us
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/
a statement about what you think will happen in ...
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(Definition ofgloomyandpredictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I want to deal with theirgloomypredictionwith regard to unemployment.
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This is not any longer the last chapter ofgloomyprediction.
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It is cold comfort to reiterate that the record of the past belies gloomy predictions.
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Traditionally, this is the time of year for many gloomy predictions about next year's rate levies.
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There are gloomy predictions about the future of the industry because of the catastrophic predictions for the future of manufacturing industry.
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Nevertheless, all the evidence suggests that recent gloomy predictions that high mortgage rates will last are true.
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It says that, in spite of gloomy predictions, the service is doing very well.
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We all know the underlying cause of these gloomy predictions.
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Those of us who were anxious, therefore, about the future of the voluntary organisations hoped that those gloomy predictions might nevertheless be proved wrong.
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The gloomy predictions about the burden imposed by the greying of the population have been overdone.
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Do the same gloomy predictions occur in the other three?
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Our critics have constantly changed their ground as events have confounded all their gloomy predictions.
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Some of the rather gloomy predictions about world depression and recession never came to pass.
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I hope that his gloomy predictions are not borne out.
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There have been a number of gloomy predictions about the impact of this new system.
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I very much hope that some of the gloomy predictions that a number of us have felt moved to make will not he borne out.
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There are always gloomy predictions at this time of year and there is certainly evidence of a fairly vigorous campaign.
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I am bound to say that many of the gloomy predictions made at that time have been fulfilled.
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That would benefit business confidence and help to ensure that the gloomy predictions of a rise in unemployment of 500,000 over the next three years do not come true.
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Nobody who looks at these figures, and not at his own preconceptions, can believe that some of the more gloomy predictions made in the last few days will be justified.
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