predictive

UK: /prɪˈdɪktɪv/ US: (pri dik′tiv)

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pre•dic•tive  (pri dik′tiv), adj. 

1. of or pertaining to prediction:
   losing one's predictive power.
2. used or useful for predicting or foretelling the future:
   to look for predictive signs among the stars.
3. 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. 

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predictive / prɪˈdɪktɪv/ adjective

1. of, relating to, or making predictions
2. (of mobile phone technology) enabling mobile phones to predict the word being entered in a text message from the first few letters: predictive texting

preˈdictively adverb