PREDICTABLE


Meaning of PREDICTABLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪdɪktəb(ə)l ]

If you say that an event is predictable , you mean that it is obvious in advance that it will happen.

This was a predictable reaction, given the bitter hostility between the two countries...

≠ unpredictable

ADJ

• pre‧dict‧ably

His article is, predictably, a scathing attack on capitalism...

ADV : ADV with cl , ADV with v , ADV adj / adv

• pre‧dict‧abil‧ity

Your mother values the predictability of your Sunday calls.

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