confident prediction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconfidentandprediction
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confident
adjective
uk/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dənt/us/ˈkɑːn.fə.dənt/
being certain of your abilities or having trust in people, plans, or ...
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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 ofconfidentandpredictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We have all made confident predictions which have proved to be utterly wrong.
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Year after year, we have heard confident predictions that they would achieve their projected recruiting level, but they have failed.
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Best of all, we have the most confident predictions for years of a continued fall in unemployment.
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The most confident predictions of each classifier on the unlabeled data are then used to iteratively construct additional labeled training data.
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When information is imperfect, however, thisconfidentpredictionis not possible.
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Then a complete picture will emerge, and aconfidentpredictionof the charge acquired by a dust particle in different circumstances will become possible.
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Let me close with theconfidentpredictionthat this is but the beginning.
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There are too many practical unknowns for anyconfidentpredictionas to when and whether average cane yields would fulfil official targets and reach the 1980s average of 54 tonnes.
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He made aconfidentpredictionabout the timing.
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I can make oneconfidentprediction—that my speech will be one of the shortest this evening.
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Why has theconfidentpredictionof a maximum disturbance of £175 million turned into a massive deficit of £2,000 million?
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I do not believe that economic science provides any sure ground forconfidentpredictioneither way.
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It was followed by theconfidentpredictionthat we would flounder in a balance of payments deficit.
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In my opinion, anybody who made aconfidentpredictionwould be either very conceited or very foolish, and he would do little more than guess.
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In 1939 my ownconfidentpredictionis that the expenses on these items will show an increase over 1938.
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The relationship is almost a random one, but it is a fairlyconfidentpredictionthat there will not be much relationship between the votes cast and the seats won.
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That is one of the disturbing factors which prevents me making aconfidentpredictionas to the length of time we shall have to sit next week.
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That is ourconfidentprediction.
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The most confident predictions are added to the lexicon automatically and the process repeats in a bootstrapping fashion.
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