predictability C1 Topic:Cause, Change & Process US /prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/ UK /prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/ See IPA manual Freq #54198 Meanings 1 noun the quality or degree of being possible to predict Determinism does not necessarily imply perfect predictability of every action. 2 noun the quality of happening in a regular, unsurprising, or repetitive way The plot's predictability reduced the suspense. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality or degree of... foreseeabilityexpectedness 2 noun · the quality of happening in... regularityconventionality ↔ Opposites unpredictabilityuncertaintynovelty Word family Derived forms predictablepredictably Related forms predictpredictionprobability Etymology From predictable + -ity. Predict comes from Latin praedicere ("to say beforehand"), built from prae- ("before") + dicere ("to say"). Topics Cause, Change & Process External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # predictability **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/ **IPA (UK):** /prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/ **Frequency rank:** 54198 ## Meanings 1. the quality or degree of being possible to predict 2. the quality of happening in a regular, unsurprising, or repetitive way ## Examples - Determinism does not necessarily imply perfect predictability of every action. - The plot's predictability reduced the suspense. ## Synonyms - foreseeability - expectedness - regularity ## Antonyms - unpredictability - uncertainty - novelty ## Derived Forms - predictable - predictably ## Related Forms - predict - prediction - probability ## Etymology From predictable + -ity. Predict comes from Latin praedicere ("to say beforehand"), built from prae- ("before") + dicere ("to say"). ## Topics - Cause, Change & Process markdown