PREDICTABLE

PREDICTABLE Pre *dict "a *ble, a.

predictable

pre dict a ble |priˈdiktəbəl prəˈdɪktəbəl | ▶adjective able to be predicted: the market is volatile and never predictable. • chiefly derogatory behaving or occurring in a way that is expected: the characters were very stereotyped and extremely predictable. DERIVATIVES pre dict a bil i ty |-ˌdiktəˈbilətē |noun, pre dict a bly |-blē |adverb [ sentence adverb ] : predictably, Margaret found an excuse to interrupt him | [ as submodifier ] : a predictably hostile response

predictable

pre ¦dict |able |prɪˈdɪktəb (ə )l | ▶adjective able to be predicted: the market is volatile and never predictable. • derogatory always behaving or occurring in the way expected: the characters are stereotyped and extremely predictable. DERIVATIVES predictability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun, predictably adverb [ sentence adverb ] : predictably, Margaret found an excuse to interrupt him

predictable

predictable adjective Guido's reaction was predictable: foreseeable, (only ) to be expected, anticipated, foreseen, unsurprising; informal inevitable.

predictable

predictable adjective Guido's reaction was predictable | a novel described as ‘drearily predictable ’: foreseeable, (only ) to be expected, expected, par for the course; unsurprising, anticipated, probable, likely, foreseen; formulaic, formularized, obvious; informal inevitable, on the cards.

predictable

pre d í ct a ble 形容詞 1 予測できる .2 ｟けなして ｠(結末の )予測がつく, (人の行動などの )先が読めてしまう (!退屈さを暗示 ) .pre d ì c ta b í l i ty 名詞