predictable
able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.
expected, especially on the basis of previous or known behavior: His complaints are so predictable.
Origin of predictable
1Other words from predictable
- pre·dict·a·bly, adverb
- non·pre·dict·a·ble, adjective
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How to use predictable in a sentence
A growing movement of people are tooling with back-end code to create sites that are more collage-like and artsy, in the vein of Myspace and Tumblr—less predictable and formatted than Facebook and Twitter.
Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet | Tanya Basu | September 3, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewSome of the results were predictable, while others were surprising.
They exposed qubits to irradiated copper whose emissions dropped over time in a predictable way, which showed them that coherence times rose as radiation levels fell up to a maximum of four milliseconds, after which background effects kicked in.
Could Quantum Computing Progress Be Halted by Background Radiation? | Edd Gent | August 31, 2020 | Singularity HubPeople need something in between, so researchers are trying to improve subseasonal forecasts, which look ahead a few weeks, using information from many sources, including predictable weather systems.
Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster | Alexandra Witze | August 27, 2020 | Science NewsIn addition, our presidential model has traditionally applied a convention bounce adjustment that reflects the predictable boost in the polls that a party tends to get following its convention.
How FiveThirtyEight’s 2020 Presidential Forecast Works — And What’s Different Because Of COVID-19 | Nate Silver (nrsilver@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 12, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
Three were predictable: The Italians and French were, of course, wine imbibers and the Germans were deep in the beer cellar.
Team Christie has greeted the committee's news with somewhat predictable gloating.
Democrats Clear Christie In Bridgegate Investigation | Olivia Nuzzi | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were exceptions, as our instructor, Kimberlee Sue Moran, pointed out, but criminals behaved in mostly predictable ways.
Knowing Where the Bodies Are Buried: An Excerpt From 'Lives in Ruins' | Marilyn Johnson | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA predictable, inflation-adjusted minimum wage would make business planning easier.
To Make Their Victory Durable, the GOP Must Fix the Minimum Wage | Dmitri Mehlhorn | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFollowing an all too predictable cycle of the hyperactive 21st century, focus on the explosion was ephemeral.
Literally there wasn't a man to whom he could turn whose answer and advice weren't as predictable as useless.
Cytherea | Joseph HergesheimerSo very predictable, he mused fingering the face of his big, green lettered clock.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownIt was his firm desire to bring some chutzpah into the all too predictable and dreary cuisine on this part of the continent.
The Land of Look Behind | Paul Cameron BrownThis kind of advertising had its predictable response: publication of the new Abridgment was postponed indefinitely.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia | C. Malcolm WatkinsThe first escape was a blind run toward a predictable objective; all right, that was a danger to be avoided.
The Fourth R | George Oliver Smith
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