(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
If you ~ an event, you say that it will happen.
The latest opinion polls are ~ing a very close contest...
He ~ed that my hair would grow back ‘in no time’...
It’s hard to ~ how a jury will react...
‘The war will continue another two or three years,’ he ~ed.
VERB: V n, V that, V wh, V with quote