predictability
noun/prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/
/prɪˌdɪktəˈbɪləti/
[uncountable]- the quality something has when it is possible for you to know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like
- Many young offenders commit further crimes with alarming predictability.
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- (often disapproving) the quality somebody/something has when they are exactly as you would expect and therefore boring
- the dull predictability of most of this poetry
opposite unpredictability
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