predictable
[pri-dik-tuh-buh l]
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adjective
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.
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- predictability,
- prediction,
- predictive,
- predictive value,
- predictively,
- predictor
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predictable
1820, from predict + -able. Related: Predictably, which in the sense "as could have been predicted" is attested from 1914.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper