predictive
adjective
pre·dic·tive
pri-ˈdik-tiv 
1
: of, relating to, or usable or valuable for prediction
predictive medical factors
2
: based on or generated by using methods of prediction
predictive models
predictive text
Usually predictive policing refers to feeding reams of city data into a computer and dispatching extra officers to areas that are deemed to be at high risk of future crime.—
Leon Neyfakh
Leon Neyfakh
predictively
adverb
Like an astrological chart, it can be made to fit any case, and it works better retrospectively than predictively.
—Carol Tavris
Carol Tavris
Examples of predictive in a Sentence
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Its predictive analytics truly set Hyperdrive apart from anything else on the market.
—Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The findings brought into question all the allegedly predictive surveillance of posture, not to mention all the devices and treatments sold to Americans with the promise of averting future pain.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
By 1715, with the first solar eclipse in many centuries approaching London, Halley’s predictive map was a mashup of ancient and modern ways of thinking.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The absence of either predictive or generative AI would have restricted the range of possibilities available to Insilico.
—David Zuluaga Martínez, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
As a result, the balloon’s launch site will be chosen by predictive modeling, based on wind speed and direction.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
This predictive technology taps into the vehicle’s ECU, controlling all aspects of the car’s behavior, while measuring all driver inputs.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Those divides were especially predictive of opinions on sexuality and gender identity, the study found.
—USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Faster rate approval and predictive catastrophe modeling are two of three key demands insurers have insisted are needed to stabilize the insurance market and provide homeowners with more coverage options.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
The findings brought into question all the allegedly predictive surveillance of posture, not to mention all the devices and treatments sold to Americans with the promise of averting future pain.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
By 1715, with the first solar eclipse in many centuries approaching London, Halley’s predictive map was a mashup of ancient and modern ways of thinking.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
The absence of either predictive or generative AI would have restricted the range of possibilities available to Insilico.
—David Zuluaga Martínez, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2024
As a result, the balloon’s launch site will be chosen by predictive modeling, based on wind speed and direction.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2024
This predictive technology taps into the vehicle’s ECU, controlling all aspects of the car’s behavior, while measuring all driver inputs.
—Sean Evans, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2024
Those divides were especially predictive of opinions on sexuality and gender identity, the study found.
—USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
Faster rate approval and predictive catastrophe modeling are two of three key demands insurers have insisted are needed to stabilize the insurance market and provide homeowners with more coverage options.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Predictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/predictive. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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