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predictable - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
adjective
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adjective Able to be predicted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
adjective
Etymologies
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predict + -able
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I don't know what definition of "predictable " they've encountered, but in the one I know, "predictable" is what you were expecting and, when you don't get it, that's "unpredictable".
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Paula R. Stiles 2010
Less predictable is his ultimate position, which could be first or second base or center or left field.
USA TODAY's annual list of the 100 Names You Need to Know 2010
The results are simple morality tales, correcting injustice and resetting order in predictable , comforting ways.
Deka Kyoshi Book 1 » Manga Worth Reading 2009
Ditching the association you have with eating out as fun and different and bringing your lunch as boring and predictable is important.
Make Your Packed Lunch More Appealing | Lifehacker Australia 2009
It ought to be un-American for education quality to remain predictable by zip code.
Kati Haycock: Good Schools for All: A National Imperative Kati Haycock 2010
The larger the number, the more predictable is the future.
Roland Emmerich Plans to Shoot Asimov’s FOUNDATION Trilogy Using 3D Motion Capture – Collider.com 2010
There is complete doubt, and your continuing efforts to spread debunked lies and disinformation is predictable from a fascist brownshirt retard.
Think Progress » Gov. Perry Bemoans ‘Federal Takeover’ Of Education, But His State’s Takeover Of Textbooks Is Totally Fine 2010
The gap between spending and revenues was entirely predictable from the outset, and the democrats are to blame for those, not the the recession.
Tax revenues hit below the waterline this year. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
My HMO wants me to have a physical every year -- what you call a predictable expense -- because it increases the odds that it will catch an illness early when it is much less expensive to treat.
Economics of Health Insurance, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
Last night's Levy talks ended in predictable failure but only after negotiations had continued to within half an hour of the midnight deadline.
Levy talks between racing and bookmakers end in familiar stalemate Chris Cook 2010
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