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.
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