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predictable

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pre·dict  (pr-dkt)
v. pre·dict·ed, pre·dict·ing, pre·dicts
v.tr.
To state, tell about, or make known in advance, especially on the basis of special knowledge.
v.intr.
To foretell something; prophesy.

[Latin praedcere, praedict- : prae-, pre- + dcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]

pre·dicta·bili·ty n.
pre·dicta·ble adj.
pre·dicta·bly adv.
pre·dictive adj.
pre·dictive·ly adv.
pre·dictive·ness n.
pre·dictor n.
Synonyms: predict, call, forecast, foretell, prognosticate
These verbs mean to tell about something in advance of its occurrence by means of special knowledge or inference: predict an eclipse; couldn't call the outcome of the game; forecasting the weather; foretold events that would happen; prognosticating a rebellion.
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Adj.1.predictable - capable of being foretold
sure, certain - certain to occur; destined or inevitable; "he was certain to fail"; "his fate is certain"; "In this life nothing is certain but death and taxes"- Benjamin Franklin; "he faced certain death"; "sudden but sure regret"; "he is sure to win"
unpredictable - not capable of being foretold

predictable
adjective likely, expected, sure, certain, anticipated, reliable, foreseen, on the cards, foreseeable, sure-fire (informal) calculable << OPPOSITE unpredictable
Translations
Spanish predictable [prɪˈdɪktəbl] adjprevisible
French predictable [prɪˈdɪktəbl] predict adjprévisible
German predictable [prɪˈdɪktəbl] predict adjvorhersagbar
Italian predictable [prɪˈdɪktəbl] adjprevedibile

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We see in animals, and to a lesser extent in plants, behaviour more or less similar to that which, in us, is prompted by desires and beliefs, and we find that, as we descend in the scale of evolution, behaviour becomes simpler, more easily reducible to rule, more scientifically analysable and predictable.
 
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