predictive
/pɹɪˈdɪk.tɪv/
predictive adjective: useful in predicting.
Adjective
predictive (comparative more predictive, superlative most predictive)
- Useful in predicting.
- The amount of rain in April is predictive of the number of mosquitoes in May.
- Describing a predictor.
- Expressing the expected accuracy of a statistical measure or of a diagnostic test.
Noun
predictive (plural predictives)
- A conditional statement that includes a prediction in the dependent clause (e.g. "if it rains, the game will be cancelled", "give her an inch and she'll take a mile.").
- Also, as we have seen in the preceding chapter, predictive conditionals show a high degree of integration thanks to the patterns of verb forms which are characteristic for predictives and which normally do not mix freely with other, non-predictive forms.1999, Barbara Dancygier, Conditionals and Prediction: Time, Knowledge and Causation in Conditional Constructions, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 76
- In contrast, English-speaking children appropriately differentiate if future predictives from when future predictives, a distinction relevant for English but not for, say, German.2008, Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, Routes to Language: Studies in Honor of Melissa Bowerman, page xiv
- Simulated data generated from a statistical model, based on the estimates for the real data.
- However, the posterior predictives combine two sources of information: what we might term the structural effect of WIC participation as well as an unobserved correlation between the errors of the participation and outcome equations.2008, Siddhartha Chib, William Griffiths, Bayesian Econometrics, page 160
- Alternatively, we can use prior predictives to help define prior distributions.2018, Simon Farrell, Stephan Lewandowsky, Computational Modeling of Cognition and Behavior, page 308
predictive meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
predictive in Marathi
- पूर्वानुमेय
predictive in Urdu
- پیش گویانہ
predictive in Bengali
- পূর্বাভাসমূলক
predictive in Telugu
- అంచనా వేసేది
More languagesFewer languages
- predictive in Malayalam
- പ്രവചനാത്മകം
- predictive in Gujarati
- આગાહીશીલ, આગાહીયુક્ત
- predictive in Odia
- ପୂର୍ବାନୁମାନାତ୍ମକ
- predictive in Nepali
- पूर्वानुमानात्मक
Examples of predictive in a sentence
- It's the most important single metric that quantifies the predictive performance.
- Shall is simply predictive; will is predictive and promissive as well.
- This indicates that from a predictive viewpoint, stochastic processes and deterministic systems are very similar.
Antonyms of predictive
Forms of predictive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more predictive |
| superlative | most predictive |
| Noun | |
| plural | predictives |
Origin of predictive
Borrowed from Latin praedictivus, from praedico. Equivalent to predict + -ive.
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Questions about predictive
- What does predictive mean?
- Predictive means useful in predicting.
- What is predictive in Marathi?
- Predictive in Marathi is पूर्वानुमेय. See Predictive meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is predictive?
- Predictive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce predictive?
- Predictive is pronounced /pɹɪˈdɪk.tɪv/.
Words near predictive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: predictive (page history and authors); predictive (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); predictive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); predictive (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); predictive (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); predictive (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); predictive (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); predictive (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); predictive (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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