predictive
- adjective
- /prɪˈdɪktɪv/
- Specialized
- 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?
- Why would they be predictive of ROGD?
- I think we're not far off predictive models in maths.
- There's a lot of value in predictive data sharing.
- Efficiency is the drive to make things predictive, stable and as cheap as possible.
- It doesn't have any predictive qualities.
- It's created in their image by these predictive algorithms.
- The number one predictor is a hundredfold more predictive than anything that's on that board.
- They're making a predictive model to plan the next year.
- Because once I let myself bring in that bit of darkness, my predictive engine works better.
- And it's so predictive that you can even like create a vast plan.
- He was able to be predictive and was usually right.
- The IT turned out to be highly predictive.
Examples
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Teacher expectations remain a strong predictive factor across different educational status groups.
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We were then able to use sophisticated computer algorithms to create predictive models.
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And yet you could pull human predictive data off of it.
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However, it is not obvious that this would improve predictive power over what common sense can tell us.
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In short, teacher expectations remain a strong predictive factor across different educational status groups.
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The result, intelligent and predictive ads that seem to know us better than we know ourselves.
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And it seems to be very predictive of sleep onset problems.
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All these variables have a significant predictive effect on prosocial behaviors.
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Each of the factors above was a significant predictive factor in one or several compliance self-care behaviors.
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Presenting the predictive outcome model to teacher candidates early in the program could spur motivation.
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Synonyms
Saying or showing what will happen in the future, often as if from a spiritual source
Knowing about things before they happen
To know about an event before it happens
Useful for showing how a disease or condition will develop
Saying that something will happen in the future, often by a religious person
Able to help predict future events
Suggests or shows what will happen later in a vague, symbolic way
Antonyms
How Predictive
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.