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predictable

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adjective

able to be foretold or declared in advance: New technology allows predictable weather forecasting.

expected, especially on the basis of previous or known behavior: His complaints are so predictable.

Related forms

pre·dict·a·bly, adverb

non·pre·dict·a·ble, adjective

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Reaction abroad to reports of an agreement broke along predictable lines.

They will answer questions both predictable and idiosyncratic.

In three entirely predictable ways, our performance fell short.

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Reaction abroad to reports of an agreement broke along predictable lines.

They will answer questions both predictable and idiosyncratic.

In three entirely predictable ways, our performance fell short.

And unlike wind energy, dependent on inconsistent gusts, this technology is as predictable as the tides.

Note that as the flow rate is increased, the system becomes less predictable.

They can do so because solar eclipses are now completely and easily predictable.

Planting between pavers usually calls for predictable groundcovers such as creeping herbs, mosses, or reseeding annuals.

There's a predictable narrative to a lot of discoveries in molecular biology.

The mixture may be slightly unexpected, but it still manages to be predictable all the way.

But the second and third marks might not be so predictable.

The millennium computer bug is totally predictable in its timing, but completely unpredictable in its effects.

Less is known about two other local orca types-transients and offshores-because of their less predictable ways.

Our minds have evolved to handle these predictable bits of information with ease.

Most supermarkets organize their wines in a way that is predictable.

She loved it, but as a touch-typist she kept resting her fingers on the home keys, with predictable results.

It's one thing to forget the past, with predictable consequences, as the favorite aphorism goes.

Most campuses have predictable environments and students learn to do predictable things and act in predictable ways.

Or maybe depressing because these were predictable outcomes.

Whale sharks are known to gather in certain tropical locations at predictable times of the year.

If there is anything that is predictable about planetary science it is the unpredictability.

Tubers are the only predictable way to grow the same variety from a parent plant.

With the revival of newsboy caps and asymmetrical bobs, it was predictable that the one-earring look wouldn't be far behind.

The response from fraternity leaders to those events is predictable.

The decisions of the world's top central banks have been utterly predictable.

The result is a smoother ride that carries through a range of terrain with predictable consistency.

The planets of our solar system follow nice, predictable orbits, but it was not always so.

Curves can often make a space more interesting and a little less predictable.

Your readers should be able to count on getting new content from you at fairly predictable times.

There is, however, a predictable bleak side to it all.

Given such limitations, the outcomes are predictable.

Try to use this system with blackjack or roulette and see what's predictable.

These varieties are more predictable and uniform in growth and fruit quality.

The university suggests regular and predictable availability, such as online office hours or regular online chats.

Demand for industrial salt is steady and predictable.

Pickens hopes to start with a somewhat cheaper, smaller infrastructure for vehicles that are driven on predictable routes.

The effects of climate change, they say, are unlikely to be gradual or predictable.

Colleges have been using swap contracts to reduce their borrowing costs and keep their debt costs predictable.

The stockmarket likes firms that earn money in predictable ways.

Global warming is making the snowfall less predictable.

The results are also much more predictable than those obtained by natural settling.

Corporations converted health care from a profession to an industry, with the predictable results.

Most of the manifestations of climate change that the world will be talking about next year are not predictable.

Most mining settlements followed a predictable pattern.

The blood flow changes are predictable based on the simulous being provided.

If the course of evolution is predictable in anything, it should be predictable in these creatures.

There's nothing more predictable than the unreliability of predictions.

The wide variation in payments has caused a predictable outcry.

Like political revolutions, though, biological ones often follow a predictable course.

Much depends on how predictable a company's profits can ever be.

First, they hope that it will make costs more predictable.

There have been predictable objections to the plan, on these practical grounds and others.

But the reconfiguration of brain-work will also make life far less cosy and predictable for the next generation of graduates.

The drone against foreign companies has reached a predictable pitch.

Ask a food professional what he or she cooks at home to elicit rave reviews, and the answer is both predictable and surprising.

Standing out on a list of fairly predictable menu choices, it seems to dare you to.

Your chance of recalling a given word when you need it declines over time according to a predictable pattern.

Scientists have discerned a peculiar but predictable pattern in which dreams tend to occur.

People expect to hear soaring yet predictable rhetoric, the sort found in fund-raising.

Light regulates the body's biological clock-priming an individual's metabolism for predictable events such as meals and slumber.

Ask them if they think these patterns were predictable and if they might continue into the future.

So a new weapon which is said to freeze and explode the victim has produced a predictable wave of outrage from the tabloids.

With that verdict, the pious waves of outrage are as misguided as the verdict was predictable.

The speech was followed by predictable sword-play between the parties.

Not surprisingly, their top five are pretty predictable.

The dawn of each new day, predictable as it may seem, holds potential for surprise.

Human behavior is neither predictable nor rational.

The rain patterns that used to be so regular and predictable are not so regular.

Typically they prefer a highly predictable environment.

And they follow a predictable sequence: the unopened box, the opened box, unpacking the mouse.

Increased spending for prisons has thus negatively affected spending for higher education with predictable results.

But the returns can be handsome and, with a broad enough portfolio, fairly predictable.

All scientific theory is subject to testing of available information and the confirmation of predictable results.

Have the people who practice with you ask you both predictable and off-the-wall questions.

Neither approach is right or wrong, but both have predictable consequences.

When it rained, and it rained a lot there,the birds would eat and fall on the freeway with predictable results.

Go ahead with your oh-so predictable negative energy.

Because peccaries take a predictable path to their pit.

Every interaction you have with your committee will make the exam itself more predictable and your preparation more focused.

It's a headache for managers of the power system, whose customers need a steady, predictable stream of electricity.

While this is objectively interesting, the cutesy wink to the reader at the end is both predictable and patronizing.

Its path is about as predictable as a poorly balanced neophyte riding a skateboard down an incline, buffeted by winds.

Unfortunately, she was karmically deserving of this predictable turn of events.

Something grimmer, less productive and less predictable has taken its place.

The scientists set out to explore whether weather is getting more chaotic and less predictable around the world.

Affected muscle groups degenerate in a fairly predictable sequence across individuals.

The trouble with digital photography is that it is so damned predictable.

Nor does the predictable reaction of those who advance.

Solar and wind output are predictable hours to days in advance and have seasonal signals that are even more predictable.

Ever since, the uranium has been decaying into stable lead isotopes at a predictable rate.

Your puppy has started to mellow a little bit and has become far more predictable in her playtime routines.

Some of the patterns produced are, indeed, predictable from the existing laws of mechanics.

Predictable results have followed: traffic jams that stretch for kilometers, sprawling suburbia and rising fuel prices.

When truth is less important that the number or popularity of publications, academic integrity is the predictable victim.

Her self-destruction was too predictable to be tragic, and her career too short.

Silicon transistors tend to be homogenous, and therefore predictable in their behaviour.

These animals are certainly beautiful and their power is awe inspiring, but they are predators and are not predictable.

One of the biggest challenges is how to make vaccines in a predictable way.

It was so painfully predictable it almost became funny.

The protests have gone beyond predictable leftist agitation.

It's warmer and more predictable than other breaks of its size, which makes it a favorite among pro surfers.

But municipal leaders across the country want more stable and predictable finances.

The army then returned, with predictable consequences.

Climate change is not a perfectly linear or predictable science.

Furhermore, i was not suprised by this and felt the article to be almost predictable.

Hives of related bees pastured in the northern forest regions still produce predictable large crops of honey.

Although the losses that banks face in their loan books are ugly, they should be more predictable.

Lithuania's bold efforts to reform state-owned industries are running into predictable political opposition.

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World English Dictionary

predict (prɪˈdɪkt)

—vb
	(tr; may take a clause as object) to state or make a declaration about in advance, esp on a reasoned basis; foretell

[C17: from Latin praedīcere to mention beforehand, from prae before + dīcere to say]

pre'dictable

—*adj*

predicta'bility

—n

pre'dictableness

—n

pre'dictably

—*adv*

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