predictable
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- adjective
- /prɪˈdɪktəbl/
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predecible
- The blunt, unpleasant words of the report had their predictable effect on others as well.
- stable and predictable
- entirely predictable
- predictable consequences
Only dead people have consistent, predictable lives because they're dead.
- Only dead people have consistent, predictable lives because they're dead.
- And there's a very predictable way to find that out.
- Where it is predictable, it is so, so good for you.
- Perfectly safe, perfectly predictable, no big deal, you got this now.
- In fact, it was quite predictable in hindsight.
- The news cycle's extremely predictable because the news has to sell.
- The consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable and unacceptable.
- It's because if I make myself predictable to you, then you are predictable to me.
Examples
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But the outcome of it all was predictable, even if she herself hadn't seen it coming.
Fiction book (1994) -
Agriculture depends on a stable climate with predictable seasons and weather patterns.
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And that was a predictable thing, OK.
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And it just felt like a really predictable thing to do.
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So there are some of these predictable local weather patterns.
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Taxes should be simple, predictable, support work and they should be fair.
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The news cycle's extremely predictable because the news has to sell.
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Social disintegration is one of the negative but entirely predictable outcomes of unlimited population growth.
Academic text (1990) -
The consequences of a rapid exit are predictable and unacceptable.
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Agriculture depends on a stable climate with predictable seasons and weather patterns.
Synonyms
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Likely to happen in the near future
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Likely to happen in a situation
Likely to happen or be true
Antonyms
How Predictable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word predictable comes from pre- meaning 'before' and dict meaning 'say', the same root you see in dictionary. So something predictable is like a thing you can 'say before' it happens, which is why it feels not surprising.