firm prediction

collocation in English

meaningsoffirmandprediction

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firm
adjective
uk
/fɜːm/us
/fɝːm/
not soft but 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 offirmandpredictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am not able to make anyfirmpredictionabout future long-term prospects.
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However, before making afirmpredictionhere, it should be remembered that on my approach lexical items need to go through fusion processes to be embedded in the system.
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But only a gambler would make afirmpredictionat this stage.
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I agree that these are so uncertain that no one dare venture to give anyfirmprediction.
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It is difficult to make afirmpredictionof what we shall need by 1969 or 1970.
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I am not able to make anyfirmpredictionabout future long-term prospects.
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Discussion of the proposed new fund regulation is at too early a stage to allow anyfirmpredictionof its likely final shape or detailed effect.
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It is not possible to give afirmprediction, but in normal circumstances approximately 250 posts— mainly prison service grades—would be filled as a result of national advertising.
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They will be making a statement about a revised first flight date as soon as they are in a position to make a reasonablyfirmprediction.
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The impact of these developments is still too recent to permit any very firm predictions about which, if any, of these alternatives may prove to have staying power.
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I should never make the mistake of making firm predictions for the 1981 harvest world-wide or of the 1981 demand.
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This is a difficult matter and it would be foolish to make any firm predictions about what the courts will do with this power.
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Medical science has advanced enormously and it may be able to make firm predictions, but it cannot always be so exact.
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It is likely to be some time before we have enough information to make firm predictions of future numbers of cases.
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They even made firm predictions that the manpower in the pits in 1953 would be 620,000 men.
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I cannot make firm predictions about dates because of the possible need for planning inquiries for some of the sites.
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It is too early yet to make firm predictions about these matters.
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In fact, they are firm predictions.
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It would be foolhardy to make any firm predictions at a time when local authorities, housing finance and medical services are all in different stages of reform.
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