predictable

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pre·dict·able AW BrE [prɪˈdɪktəbl] NAmE [prɪˈdɪktəbl] adjective
1. if sth is predictable, you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like
•a predictable result
•The ending of the book was entirely predictable.
•The disease follows a highly predictable pattern.
•In March and April, the weather is much less predictable.
2. (often disapproving)behaving or happening in a way that you would expect and therefore boring
•He's very nice, but I find him rather dull and predictable.
•Rock music is getting so predictable these days.
Derived Words: ↑predictability ▪ ↑predictably

Thesaurus:
predictable adj.
1.
•It was predictable that people would complain.
unsurprising • • to be expected • |especially written foreseeable •
Opp: unpredictable
predictable/unsurprising/to be expected/foreseeable that…
a/an predictable/unsurprising/foreseeable result
predictable/foreseeable consequences
2. (disapproving)
•Rock music has become boring and predictable.
uneventful • |disapproving flat • • tame • • uninspiring • • unexciting •
Opp: unpredictable

Example Bank:
•He asked whether this was predictable from previous performances.
•I'm getting too predictable.
•Recent changes make the future even less predictable.
•The government's reaction was sadly predictable.
•The results were utterly predictable.
•It was fairly predictable that there would be clashes between rival groups.
•Rock music has become so totally predictable.
•She had been in a number of predictable sitcoms.
•You're becoming predictable and boring.