Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retrodict
Participle: retrodicted
Gerund: retrodicting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retrodict |
| you | retrodict |
| he;she;it | retrodicts |
| we | retrodict |
| you | retrodict |
| they | retrodict |
Perfect
| I | have retrodicted |
| you | have retrodicted |
| he;she;it | has retrodicted |
| we | have retrodicted |
| you | have retrodicted |
| they | have retrodicted |
Past
| I | retrodicted |
| you | retrodicted |
| he;she;it | retrodicted |
| we | retrodicted |
| you | retrodicted |
| they | retrodicted |
Pluperfect
| I | had retrodicted |
| you | had retrodicted |
| he;she;it | had retrodicted |
| we | had retrodicted |
| you | had retrodicted |
| they | had retrodicted |
Future
| I | will retrodict |
| you | will retrodict |
| he;she;it | will retrodict |
| we | will retrodict |
| you | will retrodict |
| they | will retrodict |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retrodicted |
| you | will have retrodicted |
| he;she;it | will have retrodicted |
| we | will have retrodicted |
| you | will have retrodicted |
| they | will have retrodicted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retrodict |
| you | retrodict |
| he;she;it | retrodict |
| we | retrodict |
| you | retrodict |
| they | retrodict |
Perfect
| I | have retrodicted |
| you | have retrodicted |
| he;she;it | have retrodicted |
| we | have retrodicted |
| you | have retrodicted |
| they | have retrodicted |
Imperfect
| I | retrodicted |
| you | retrodicted |
| he;she;it | retrodicted |
| we | retrodicted |
| you | retrodicted |
| they | retrodicted |
Pluperfect
| I | had retrodicted |
| you | had retrodicted |
| he;she;it | had retrodicted |
| we | had retrodicted |
| you | had retrodicted |
| they | had retrodicted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retrodict |
| you | would retrodict |
| he;she;it | would retrodict |
| we | would retrodict |
| you | would retrodict |
| they | would retrodict |
Perfect
| I | would have retrodicted |
| you | would have retrodicted |
| he;she;it | would have retrodicted |
| we | would have retrodicted |
| you | would have retrodicted |
| they | would have retrodicted |
Imperative
| you | retrodict |
| we | Let's retrodict |
| you | retrodict |
Verbs conjugated like 'retrodict'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'retrodict'
retroduct,
repredict,
retroact,
retrofit,
retroject,
introduct,
readdict,
recredit,
reindict,
renovict,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Italic *wre-
3. Latin re-
4. Latin retrōder.
5. English retro-
6. English predict
7. English retrodict
8. From retro- + predict.
Sample Sentences
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Many are impressed by the fact that climate models can "retrodict" climatic change—that is, use past climatic data (say, from the 1860s) to predict climatic data from the less-distant past (say, from the 1920s). They should not be. [2013, Jamie Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, Jamie Whyte: Science Says So, Suckers!:]