predictable

Universal Words adjective 1 if sth is predictable, you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like: predictable responses / results * The ending of the book was entirely predictable. * The disease follows a highly predictable pattern. * In March and April, the weather is much less predictable. 2 (often disapproving) behaving or happening in a way that you would expect and therefore boring: He's very nice, but I find him rather dull and predictable. * Rock music is getting so predictable these days. predictability noun [U]: Many young offenders commit further crimes with alarming predictability. predictably adverb: Prices were predictably high. * Predictably, the new regulations proved unpopular.