予測
よそく · yosoku · JLPT N3 · noun
prediction
🔮📏 予測 = in advance (予) + measure (測): measuring ahead of time
予 means beforehand, as in 予約 (reservation) and 予定 (plan). 測 means to measure, as in 測定 (measurement). So a prediction is a measurement taken before the event happens, like 天気予測, a weather forecast.