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predictable

[ pri-dik-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. able to be foretold or declared in advance:

    New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.

  2. expected, especially on the basis of previous or known behavior:

    His complaints are so predictable.



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Other Word Forms

  • ·徱a· adverb
  • ԴDzp·徱a· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of predictable1

First recorded in 1815–25; predict ( def ) + -able ( def )
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"As a result, we have taken firm but balanced enforcement action against both companies, based on clear and predictable rules."

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Like psychedelics, breathwork has also been shown to increase the degree of chaos in the brain, meaning neural activity gets less predictable and more complex.

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This sneering resistance to the judiciary’s intervention was both entirely predictable and profoundly ominous.

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The result was predictable: measles spread rapidly and children started dying.

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Where loyalty and familiar affection fueled Joel and Ellie’s journey West in the first season, the second season twists those catalysts into something grimmer and less predictable.

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