Definitions
Etymologies
- predict + -able (Wiktionary)
Examples
“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".”
“There is complete doubt, and your continuing efforts to spread debunked lies and disinformation is predictable from a fascist brownshirt retard.”
“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
“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
“Less predictable is his ultimate position, which could be first or second base or center or left field.”
“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
“Last night's Levy talks ended in predictable failure but only after negotiations had continued to within half an hour of the midnight deadline.”
The Guardian: Levy talks between racing and bookmakers end in familiar stalemate
“It ought to be un-American for education quality to remain predictable by zip code.”
The Huffington Post: Kati Haycock: Good Schools for All: A National Imperative
“The results are simple morality tales, correcting injustice and resetting order in predictable, comforting ways.”
“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
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘predictable’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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INTERP - speeches can be...
adequate, adroit, blunt, blurred, committed, divisive, exacerbating, fitting, hollow, lengthy, murky, pronounced and 123 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
See also:
unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
reginaterra's Words
purl, blow, squish, andean, generality, adaptation, lush, pack, filter, acquiesce, abstraction, sweet and 508 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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deegee's Words
pay-per-view, vitriol, delectable, snarky, unflinching, forsake, pervasive, inconsequential, unnerving, allure, endearing, unalloyed and 414 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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just because
These are words I am picking just because I like them.
I might make more categorized lists later, we shall have to wait and see.animated, asperger, ersatz, surreptitious, extraneous, asynchronous, erroneous, surreal, dreamlike, lackadaisical, opium, firnification and 55 more...
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Words I Think I Spell Incorrectly
predictable, repetitious, similar, caffeine, architect, familiar
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