predictive

[ pri-dik-tiv ]

/ prɪˈdɪk tɪv /

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adjective

of or relating to prediction: The predictive power of the software is its ability to analyze relationships in the data at a speed and on a scale not previously possible.

used or useful for predicting or foretelling the future: Astrologers look for predictive signs among the stars.

being an indication of the future or of future conditions: The cold wind was predictive of snow.

Digital Technology. relating to or being computer or smartphone software that uses the text just entered in a message or document to suggest words that may be wanted next: There's a combination of artificial intelligence and special algorithms in the code that makes the predictive text happen.

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Origin of predictive

First recorded in 1630–40; from Late Latin praedictīvus “foretelling”; see predict, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM predictive

pre·dic·tive·ly, adverbpre·dic·tive·ness, nounnon·pre·dic·tive, adjectiveun·pre·dic·tive, adjective

un·pre·dic·tive·ly, adverb

Words nearby predictive

predicatory, predict, predictability, predictable, prediction, predictive, predictor, predictory, predigest, predikant, predilection

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How to use predictive in a sentence

One of the primary reasons companies are entering the space is to capitalize on the power of predictive purchasing.
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People with brain injuries due to trauma can also lose that predictive superpower.
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Since 2016, law enforcement agencies in San Diego have spent millions on a data-analytics company known for its predictive policing platform, with ties to immigration and intelligence authorities — all while bypassing open discussion.
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It’s not surprising that the older you get, the more predictive value your race results have.
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He also notes that only about 20% of HireVue’s customers currently opt to use the predictive analytics feature of the software—the rest use humans to review the candidates’ videos—but that it’s becoming increasingly popular.
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Sproutling, the first predictive wearable for babies, is no doubt impressive.
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Predictive tech is either the most revolutionary idea of a generation, or the end of thinking as we know it.
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Applied Predictive Technologies is based in unfashionable suburban Ballston, Virginia.
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These elements of “swagger” would seem to be positive attitudes predictive of a certain sort of success.
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There is something to those things; the predictive power of the SAT has been rightly questioned.
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It seems to have no song, no voice, but this harsh predictive note; and it in great measure ceases with the storms of spring.
The Rain Cloud|Anonymous
Hence, the strenuous effort is made to destroy predictive prophecy concerning the person of the Son of God.
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No such carefully elaborated programme as this is found in any other predictive utterance.
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Hence the attempt to admit their predictive truth, and yet deny their divine authority, by ascribing them to human sagacity.
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It is gained without pressing their claim to predictive power, at least beyond the horizons of their own period.
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British Dictionary definitions for predictive

predictive

/ (prɪˈdɪktɪv) /

adjective

of, relating to, or making predictions

text messaging (of mobile phone technology) enabling mobile phones to predict the word being entered in a text message from the first few letterspredictive texting

Derived forms of predictive

predictively, adverb

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