Here comes another awesome word !! Yeah ... it is a magical word having magical powers to know about past :) ... keep your fingers crossed ! Well... from today I have decided to give some insight to the word etymology(derivation of word) of whichever word I dissect here so that people can remember it even better . Today's word comes from root "retro" which means past and "dict" which means dictation or to speak. Now... I guess you have already guessed the meaning .... see that's the magic of etymology :)
And.... I don't think that I need to provide the pronunciation guide today for this word as it is pretty evident ... so we go straight to the meaning !!
Dictionary meaning (verb) -- to utilize present information or ideas to infer or explain (a past event or state of affairs)
Example sentence -- From your present state of mind in can retrodict that you were in an asylum a couple of months back :P
Fun description -- Well there are a lot of ways you can actually retrodict about people. You can retrodict about your friends , parents , girlfreind , boyfriend , ex-girlfriend , ex-ex-ex-- girlfriend , ex-ex-ex-ex..thingamabob(you can get this word here) etc . You retrodict about the dog who didn't wag its tail watching you . You can retrodict about your new roommate who gave you that i-won't-leave-you look after you stepped on his neat bed sheet wearing your slippers.You can retrodict about that emotionless strict geography teacher who gave you that i-will-change-the-geography-of-your-face-look.
But the most important thing about which you forget to retrodict is you. Just watch yourself standing in front of that tall mirror in your drawing room. What did you retrodict now ?? ....... Oh... leave it ... I know you don't wanna tell :P
P.S. -- Enough of retrodicting .... now its time for action !! :P
