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Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
Zygmunt Bauman

Meaning of "predictable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREDICTABLE

predictable  [prɪˈdɪktəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREDICTABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Predictable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PREDICTABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Predictable

Predictable may refer to: ▪ something which shows predictability ▪ "Predictable", a single from Delta Goodrem's 2003 album Innocent Eyes ▪ "Predictable", a 2004 single by Good Charlotte ▪ "Predictable", a song by the Kinks from their 1981 album Give the People What They Want ▪ "Predictable", a song by The Mr. T Experience from their 1988 album Night Shift at the Thrill Factory ▪ "Predictable", a song by Avail from their 1992 album Satiate ▪ "Predictable", a song by Korn from their 1993 EP Neidermeyer's Mind, and the eighth song of their 1994 album Korn ▪ "Predictable", a song by Pete Townshend from his 1993 album Psychoderelict...

Definition of predictable in the English dictionary

The definition of predictable in the dictionary is able to be predicted or foretold. Other definition of predictable is too easy to predict; not surprising.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREDICTABLE


collectable
kəˈlɛktəbəl
connectable
kəˈnektəbəl
constructible
kənˈstrʌktəbəl
delectable
dɪˈlɛktəbəl
electable
ɪˈlektəbəl
extractable
ɪkˈstræktəbəl
indestructible
ˌɪndɪˈstrʌktəbəl
indetectable
ˌɪndɪˈtɛktəbəl
ineluctable
ˌɪnɪˈlʌktəbəl
inflictable
ɪnˈflɪktəbəl
injectable
ɪnˈdʒektəbəl
intractable
ɪnˈtræktəbəl
perfectible
pəˈfɛktəbəl
resectable
rɪˈsektəbəl
respectable
rɪˈspɛktəbəl
retractable
rɪˈtræktəbəl
selectable
sɪˈlɛktəbəl
tractable
ˈtræktəbəl
undetectable
ˌʌndɪˈtektəbəl
unpredictable
ˌʌnprɪˈdɪktəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREDICTABLE

predicableness
predicament
predicamental
predicant
predicate
predicate calculus
predication
predicative
predicatively
predicator
predicatory
predict
predictability
predictableness
predictably
predicter
prediction
predictive
predictively
predictor

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREDICTABLE

able
acceptable
accountable
adjustable
charitable
comfortable
inevitable
notable
on the table
palatable
portable
printable
profitable
stable
suitable
table
timetable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of predictable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PREDICTABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «predictable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of predictable

Translation of «predictable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREDICTABLE

Find out the translation of predictable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of predictable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «predictable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可预言的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

previsible
570 millions of speakers

English

predictable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उम्मीद के मुताबिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُتوَقَع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предсказуемый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

previsível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আন্দাজের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prévisible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boleh diramal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorhersehbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

予想できる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예측 가능한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bisa diprediksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thể đoán trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

யூகிக்கக்கூடிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अपेक्षित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tahmin edilebilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prevedibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przewidywalny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передбачуваний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

previzibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προβλέψιμος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorspelbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förutsägbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forutsigelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of predictable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREDICTABLE»

The term «predictable» is very widely used and occupies the 19.944 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREDICTABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «predictable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «predictable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about predictable

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10 QUOTES WITH «PREDICTABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word predictable.
1
David Agus
Keep a strict, predictable schedule 365 days a year that has you eating, sleeping, and exercising at about the same times day in and day out.
2
Fede Alvarez
A good story will keep you wondering about what's happening, what's going on, where does this go? Now it's going to go that way, now it's going to go that way. It has to do that. If it's predictable, it's just boring.
3
Sharron Angle
I'm conservative, and people know where I stand. They can trust me to do what I say I'm going to do. I'm predictable.
4
Hannah Arendt
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
5
Jennifer Armintrout
Social media reactions to celebrity death have taken on a predictable pattern: an outpouring of shock with expressions of grief, followed by a ghoulish need to know all the details, to see the scene of the death and the family in mourning. Then a post-mortem dissection of all the perceived flaws the celebrity had.
6
Chet Atkins
Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.
7
Zygmunt Bauman
Attempts to tame the wayward and domesticate the riotous, to make the unknowable predictable and enchain the free-roaming - all such things sound the death knell to love.
8
Isaiah Berlin
Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.
9
David Blunkett
If you have a sense of irony or humour, you're usually cut down, as you're usually distorted or misinterpreted. So it does lead to us being slightly more dour and staid and predictable than would otherwise be the case, which I personally find quite frustrating - because if you don't laugh occasionally in my job, you cry most of the time.
10
Phil Bredesen
Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREDICTABLE»

Discover the use of predictable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to predictable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Predictable Surprises: The Disasters You Should Have Seen ...
Most events that catch us by surprise are both predictable and preventable, but we consistently miss (or ignore) the warning signs This book shows why such predictable surprises put us all at risk, and shows how we can understand, ...
Max H. Bazerman, Michael Watkins, 2004
2
Predictable Revenue: Turn Your Business Into A Sales Machine ...
This is NOT just another book about how to cold call or close deals. This is an entirely new kind of sales bible for CEOs, entrepreneurs and sales VPs to help you build a sales machine.
Aaron Ross, Marylou Tyler, 2011
3
Predictable Success: Getting Your Organization on the Growth ...
Presents advice on ways to inspire confidence in management and achieve lasting success in an organization.
Les McKeown, 2010
4
Getting the Most from Predictable Books: Strategies and ...
Provides techniques and strategies for integrating predictable trade books into the curriculum
Michael F. Opitz, 1995
5
The Predictable Surprise: The Unraveling of the U.S. ...
This book explains how we have gotten into the retirement predicament and where we can go from here.
Sylvester J. Schieber, 2012
6
Predictable Magic: Unleash the Power of Design Strategy to ...
To outsiders, this looks like magic: incomprehensible, and impossible to reproduce. But it isn’t. Predictable Magic presents a complete design process for making the “magic” happen -- over and over again.
Deepa Prahalad, Ravi Sawhney, 2010
7
Evolution, development, & the predictable genome
This book provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction to evolution and development for the basic reader; graduate students will be introduced to the cutting-edge of research in evolutionary developmental biology; and experts in evolution ...
David Lawrence Stern, 2011
8
A Predictable Tragedy: Robert Mugabe and the Collapse of ...
In A Predictable Tragedy: Robert Mugabe and the Collapse of Zimbabwe Daniel Compagnon reveals that while the conditions and perceptions of Zimbabwe had changed, its leader had not.
Daniel Compagnon, 2011
9
Chaos: The Science of Predictable Random Motion
Chaos: The Science of Predictable Random Motion bridges the gap between introductions for the layman and college-level texts with an account of chaos theory based on elementary mathematics.
Richard Kautz, 2011
10
Hard Real-Time Computing Systems: Predictable Scheduling ...
This updated edition offers an indispensable exposition on real-time computing, with particular emphasis on predictable scheduling algorithms.
Giorgio C. Buttazzo, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREDICTABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term predictable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Labour candidates attack 'predictable and out of touch' election …
Labour party supporters during the general election campaign. Seven party candidates have written an open letter saying Labour 'left working ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
NASCAR driver Buddy Baker faces death with predictable courage
Former NASCAR driver Buddy Baker (right) found fame on the track and off, as a television and radio personality. Now he faces inoperable ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
3
Digitally Rendered Next-Generation Audi A5 Looks So Predictable
Audi's new model launches in recent years have been so conservative from a styling point of view that many times it was hard for fans to ... «Carscoops, Jul 15»
4
Not Even That Colossal Orgy Could Save True Detective From Its …
But as much as the episode delivered on its promised pound or fifty of flesh, it ultimately let down its best character with a predictable backstory. «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
5
Shorten shored up by predictable ALP conference
Opposition leader Bill Shorten (left) and deputy Tanya Plibersek (right) during the 2015 ALP National Conference at the Melbourne Convention ... «Echonetdaily, Jul 15»
6
Josh Gad as Ludlow chased by Pac-Man in Columbia Pictures …
Predictable and not nearly heartwarming enough to make you care about the characters, “Pixels” feels lazy, as though it was too much work to ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
7
Predictable boxing drama lacks punch
... suffers a one-tow punch from its predictable Redemption story arc and from the lack of chemistry between Billy and everyone around him. «North Shore News, Jul 15»
8
Sector Weakness For Fairchild Semiconductor Was Predictable As …
The current semiconductor weakness was predictable as early as October 2014. The weakness will likely continue at least in the current ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
9
Axar Patel predictable, not Test material: Sunil Gavaskar
According to Sunil Gavaskar, Axar Patel is "not the next big thing of Indian cricket" and cannot be considered as a specialist spinner in Test ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
10
The totally predictable torch-and-pitchfork rise of Donald Trump
There's any number of theories attempting to unravel the mystery of Donald Trump's Space X-like liftoff in the 2016 presidential election. «The Hill, Jul 15»

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