specific prediction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspecificandprediction
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specific
adjective
uk/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/us/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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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 ofspecificandpredictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Across gender, aggressive behaviors at home showedspecificpredictioneffects, predicting teacher and peer rated aggression at school.
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The demonstration of this ranking paradox reveals aspecificpredictionof the model under consideration.
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It makes thespecificpredictionthat they are active in producing motor commands of the sort that would lead to the overt counterpart of the imagined event.
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The existence of gravitational radiation is aspecificpredictionof general relativity, but is a feature of all theories of gravity that obey special relativity.
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In other words, the scientist is making aspecificpredictionabout levels of expression that could turn out to be false.
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The announcement from a respectable institution unfortunately confirmed (for many people) the morespecificprediction; this appears to have caused some panic.
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In layers 2 and 3, predictive activity (neural firing) should stop propagating at specific cells, corresponding to aspecificprediction.
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No specific predictions follow regarding their order of acquisition.
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The rationale for the task, and more specific predictions, are discussed below.
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The planning-control model makes specific predictions regarding studies involving each of these classes of braindamaged patients.
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The target article does not present specific predictions concerning the other syndromes.
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We did not make specific predictions regarding the magnitude of the difference for each of the four groups.
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Several specific predictions followed from the research we have reviewed.
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The five conceptual models as well as specific predictions derived from each model are detailed below.
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We then make specific predictions about the outcomes of similar studies with people with autism.
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However, inconsistencies in the research literature made specific predictions difficult.
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Existing stage theories make some specific predictions about these links.
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On the basis of an elaborated process model, one could formulate specific predictions for an empirical test of the common-cause hypothesis.
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Four specific predictions of metapopulation theory in relation to community dynamics were tested.
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In the 15 years following the publication of the hydrogen hypothesis, thisspecificpredictionhas been tested many times and found to be in agreement with observation.
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