Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being predicted or foretold; admitting of prediction, or determination in advance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That may be predicted.
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- adjective
Able to bepredicted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being foretold
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't know what definition of "predictable" they've encountered, but in the one I know, "predictable" is what you were expecting and, when you don't get it, that's "unpredictable".
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Less predictable is his ultimate position, which could be first or second base or center or left field.
USA TODAY's annual list of the 100 Names You Need to Know 2010
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The results are simple morality tales, correcting injustice and resetting order in predictable, comforting ways.
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Ditching the association you have with eating out as fun and different and bringing your lunch as boring and predictable is important.
Make Your Packed Lunch More Appealing | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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It ought to be un-American for education quality to remain predictable by zip code.
Kati Haycock: Good Schools for All: A National Imperative Kati Haycock 2010
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The larger the number, the more predictable is the future.
Roland Emmerich Plans to Shoot Asimov’s FOUNDATION Trilogy Using 3D Motion Capture – Collider.com 2010
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There is complete doubt, and your continuing efforts to spread debunked lies and disinformation is predictable from a fascist brownshirt retard.
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The gap between spending and revenues was entirely predictable from the outset, and the democrats are to blame for those, not the the recession.
Tax revenues hit below the waterline this year. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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My HMO wants me to have a physical every year -- what you call a predictable expense -- because it increases the odds that it will catch an illness early when it is much less expensive to treat.
Economics of Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Last night's Levy talks ended in predictable failure but only after negotiations had continued to within half an hour of the midnight deadline.
Levy talks between racing and bookmakers end in familiar stalemate Chris Cook 2010
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