Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with predictable in American Collocation
predictable
adjective
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
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/prɪˈdɪktəb(ə)l/
very
completely
eminently
entirely
highly
totally
utterly
wholly
There were two overwhelming and entirely predictable responses.
in a bad way
boringly
depressingly
disappointingly
horribly
painfully
sadly
tediously
It is depressingly predictable that there should be resistance to this proposal.
rather
fairly
largely
a little
pretty
rather
reasonably
relatively
slightly
somewhat
Most of his stories were fairly predictable with clear-cut heroes and villains.
result
consequence
outcome
result
These were the predictable consequences of their policies, which were actually fuelling crime.
way of doing something
manner
pattern
routine
Customers don’t behave in a predictable manner.
reaction
reaction
response
This was another predictable reaction from resentful locals.
story
ending
plot
storyline
The ending is somewhat predictable, but the high quality acting compensates for this.