"postdict" meaning in English

See postdict in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /pəʊs(t)ˈdɪkt/ Forms: postdicts [present, singular, third-person], postdicting [participle, present], postdicted [participle, past], postdicted [past]
Etymology: Modelled on predict; see post-. Etymology templates: {{af|en|post-|sort=dict}} post- Head templates: {{en-verb}} postdict (third-person singular simple present postdicts, present participle postdicting, simple past and past participle postdicted)
  1. (transitive) To estimate or suppose something which took place in past; to conjecture something that occurred beforehand. Tags: transitive Related terms: postdictable, postdictability, postdictive, postdictively, postdiction, postdictor

Inflected forms

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