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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pre•dic•tive (pri dik′tiv),USA pronunciation adj. - of or pertaining to prediction:losing one's predictive power.
- used or useful for predicting or foretelling the future:to look for predictive signs among the stars.
- being an indication of the future or of future conditions:a cold wind predictive of snow.
- Late Latin praedictīvus foretelling. See predict, -ive
- 1650–60
pre•dic′tive•ly, adv. pre•dic′tive•ness, n. |