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predictableness

predictableness noun: the quality of being predictable.

Noun

predictableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being predictable.
    • What we look for in genre writing, Mr. Updike suggested, is exactly what the critics sometimes complain about; the predictableness of a formula successfully executed.2008 February 3, Charles Mcgrath, “Great Literature? Depends Whodunit”, in New York Times

Origin of predictableness

From predictable + -ness.

Questions about predictableness

What does predictableness mean?
Predictableness means the quality of being predictable.
What part of speech is predictableness?
Predictableness is a noun.

Words near predictableness in the dictionary

  1. predicrotic
  2. predict
  3. predictabilities
  4. predictability
  5. predictable
  6. predictableness
  7. predictables
  8. predictably
  9. predictand
  10. predictands
  11. predictant

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