## Examples
- The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.
- The company uses predictive software to forecast customer demand.

## Antonyms
- reactive

## Derived Forms
- counterpredictive
- nonpredictive
- predictively
- predictiveness
- predictivity
- prequential
- unpredictive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praedictivus

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praedictivus, from praedico. Equivalent to predict + -ive.

## AI Etymology
Predictive was borrowed from Latin praedictivus, from praedico. Equivalent to predict + -ive. The historical chain includes praedictivus (Latin). In present-day English it covers able to show or suggest what is likely to happen in the future and relating to making predictions, especially using data or models. The wider family includes derived forms such as counterpredictive, nonpredictive, predictively, predictiveness, predictivity.

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