Predictive
/pɹɪˈdɪk.tɪv/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjUseful in predicting.
adjDescribing a predictor.
Sentence Examples
Predictive texting can lead to some amusing errors when sending messages.
The predictive power of this theory has been demonstrated time and time again.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
This advanced algorithm is very ____ and helps us foresee customer behavior.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The app used ____ text to suggest the most likely next word based on previous messages.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin praedictivus, from praedico. Equivalent to predict + -ive.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Also, as we have seen in the preceding chapter, predictive conditionals show a high degree of integration thanks to the patterns of verb forms which are characteristic for predictives and which normally do not mix freely with other, non-predictive forms."
— 1999, Barbara Dancygier, Conditionals and Prediction: Time, Knowledge and Causation in Conditional Constructions, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 76:
"In contrast, English-speaking children appropriately differentiate if future predictives from when future predictives, a distinction relevant for English but not for, say, German."
— 2008, Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Routes to Language: Studies in Honor of Melissa Bowerman, page xiv:
"However, the posterior predictives combine two sources of information: what we might term the structural effect of WIC participation as well as an unobserved correlation between the errors of the participation and outcome equations."
— 2008, Siddhartha Chib, William Griffiths, Bayesian Econometrics, page 160:
"Alternatively, we can use prior predictives to help define prior distributions."
— 2018, Simon Farrell, Stephan Lewandowsky, Computational Modeling of Cognition and Behavior, page 308:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
This advanced algorithm is very ____ and helps us foresee customer behavior.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The app used ____ text to suggest the most likely next word based on previous messages.