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- Dictionarypredictable/prɪˈdɪktəbl/
adjective
- 1. able to be predicted: "the market is volatile and never predictable"
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happening or behaving in a way that you expect and not unusual or interesting: The ending to the film was just so predictable. Fewer examples. a predictable plot line. The film's plot is predictable and the acting is mediocre. The film has a boringly predictable ending. He's so predictable! It was a fairly predictable result.
1. : capable of being predicted : able to be known, seen, or declared in advance. a predictable reaction/outcome. a very predictable plot. changes occurring at a steady and predictable rate. 2. : behaving in a way that is expected. I knew he would say that. He's so predictable. predictability. pri-ˌdik-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē. noun.
if something is predictable, you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like. a predictable result; The ending of the book was entirely predictable. The disease follows a highly predictable pattern. In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.
If you can predict it, I predict you'll call it predictable. In other words, anything that you can see or know before it happens is predictable.
adjective. /prɪˈdɪktəbl/ if something is predictable, you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like a predictable result The ending of the book was totally predictable. The disease follows a highly predictable pattern. In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.
If you say that an event is predictable, you mean that it is obvious in advance that it will happen. This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries. The result was entirely predictable. Synonyms: likely, expected, sure, certain More Synonyms of predictable.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective predictable. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
PREDICTABLE meaning: 1 : capable of being known before happening or being done; 2 : behaving in a way that is expected.
Define predictable. predictable synonyms, predictable pronunciation, predictable translation, English dictionary definition of predictable. v. pre·dict·ed , pre·dict·ing , pre·dicts v. tr. To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge: predicted an...
Predictable definition: able to be foretold or declared in advance. See examples of PREDICTABLE used in a sentence.
