Therefore it is very difficult to predict the results exactly.

Several scientists planning to attend the meeting said they could not predict the results.

What had happened was simple enough to understand: it's as I once said, when you start playing games with firearms, nobody can predict the results.

All I'm concerned with is that the theory should predict the results of measurements.

Since then, the system has not always been as accurate in predicting quarterly results.

It is difficult to see how this latter analysis can predict the results obtained.

His firm seeks to understand historical changes in markets and predict results for seven years into the future.

And predicting greater results ahead, he added: "We have not even begun to crawl yet."

These hypotheses suggest reasons to explain a phenomenon, or predict the results of an action.

He attempted to predict the results of various sporting contests and events.