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predictability

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The characteristic of being predictable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being predictable

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unpredictability

Broader terms: certainty, sure thing, foregone conclusion

Narrower terms: determinateness, definiteness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English predict Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English predictability From predict + -ability.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կանխատեսելիություն (kanxateseliutʻyun) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Belarusian: прадказа́льнасць (pradkazálʹnascʹ) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Bulgarian: предсказу́емост (predskazúemost) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Bulgarian: предвиди́мост (predvidímost) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Czech: předvídatelnost — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Danish: forudsigelighed — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Dutch: voorspelbaarheid — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Finnish: ennakoitavuus — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Finnish: ennustettavuus — The characteristic of being predictable
  • French: prévisibilité — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Georgian: წინასწარგანჭვრეტადობა (c̣inasc̣arganč̣vreṭadoba) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Georgian: მოსალოდნელობა (mosalodneloba) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Georgian: პროგნოზირებადობა (ṗrognozirebadoba) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • German: Vorhersagbarkeit — The characteristic of being predictable
  • German: Vorhersehbarkeit — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Italian: prevedibilità — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Japanese: 予測可能性 (yosoku kanōsei) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Japanese: 予見可能性 (yoken kanōsei) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Japanese: 予見性 (yokensei) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Macedonian: предвидливост (predvidlivost) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Norwegian Bokmål: forutsigbarhet — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: føreseielegheit — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Polish: przewidywalność — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Polish: przepowiadalność — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Portuguese: previsibilidade — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Romanian: previzibilitate — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Romanian: anticipabilitate — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Russian: предсказу́емость (predskazújemostʹ) — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Slovak: predvídateľnosť — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Spanish: previsibilidad — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Spanish: predictibilidad — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Spanish: predecibilidad — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Swedish: förutsägbarhet — The characteristic of being predictable
  • Ukrainian: передба́чуваність (peredbáčuvanistʹ) — The characteristic of being predictable