predictive
pronunciation
How to pronounce predictive in British English:
UK [prɪˈdɪktɪv]
How to pronounce predictive in American English:
US [prɪˈdɪktɪv]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
Word Origin
- predictive (adj.)
- 1650s, from Late Latin praedictivus, from praedict-, past participle stem of praedicere (see predict).
Example
- 1. That is a triumph for the predictive power of physics
- 2. One reason that historical education levels have such predictive power is that educational investment is extremely persistent .
- 3. Cities now gather the critical data required to build the models and predictive abilities to understand and alter the future for the better .
- 4. The more efficient use of data and predictive analytics promises to help accomplish that goal .
- 5. Rather than finding genes easily predictive of disease , researchers have tagged clouds of genes that each possess a fractional connection to disease .