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predictive

predictive

25 4.9
Able to show or guess what will happen in the future
  • adjective
  • /prɪˈdɪktɪv/
  • Specialized
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  • The predictive analytics helped the company forecast sales trends for the upcoming quarter.
  • predictive validity
  • predictive power
  • predictive model

Why would they be predictive of ROGD?

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Examples

  • Teacher expectations remain a strong predictive factor across different educational status groups.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We were then able to use sophisticated computer algorithms to create predictive models.

  • And yet you could pull human predictive data off of it.

  • However, it is not obvious that this would improve predictive power over what common sense can tell us.

    Academic text (1990)
  • In short, teacher expectations remain a strong predictive factor across different educational status groups.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The result, intelligent and predictive ads that seem to know us better than we know ourselves.

  • And it seems to be very predictive of sleep onset problems.

  • All these variables have a significant predictive effect on prosocial behaviors.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Each of the factors above was a significant predictive factor in one or several compliance self-care behaviors.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Presenting the predictive outcome model to teacher candidates early in the program could spur motivation.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

prophetic
vspredictive
33 7.4

Saying or showing what will happen in the future, often as if from a spiritual source

is the neutral term for having power to foresee outcomes without supernatural claim
prescient
vspredictive
  • Formal
16 8.9

Knowing about things before they happen

describes the general capacity to foresee future outcomes rather than showing insight
precognitive
vspredictive
2 9.9

To know about an event before it happens

focuses on general ability to foresee outcomes rather than specific prior knowledge
prognostic
vspredictive
  • Specialized
1 8.2

Useful for showing how a disease or condition will develop

is more general, applying to the power to foresee trends across fields
prophetical
vspredictive
  • Literature
1 9.1

Saying that something will happen in the future, often by a religious person

is secular and general, about ability to foresee trends without divine claim
prognosticative
vspredictive
9.9

Able to help predict future events

is broader, meaning general power to foresee future outcomes or trends
prefigurative
vspredictive
  • Literature
9.9

Suggests or shows what will happen later in a vague, symbolic way

expresses clearer, active power to foresee concrete future outcomes

Antonyms

unpredictive
  • Specialized
7.8

Not able to tell what will happen next

How Predictive

prophetic
33 7.4
predictive
  • Specialized
25 4.9
suggestive
18 5.2
nonpredictive
  • Specialized
7.2

Surface Forms

predictive positive

Morphology

predictive = predict (transparent) = predict + ive

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ive' to the verb 'predict', meaning 'relating to or having the power to predict'.

Etymology

The word predictive comes from Latin parts pre- meaning 'before' and dicere meaning 'to say'. So something predictive is like 'saying before'—it tells what will happen, which is why we use it for people or models that can forecast the future.