{
    "term": "predictable",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if something is predictable, you know in advance that it will happen or what it will be like",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a predictable result"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ending of the book was entirely predictable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease follows a highly predictable pattern."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In March and April, the weather is much less predictable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He asked whether this was predictable from previous performances."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Recent changes make the future even less predictable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results were utterly predictable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was fairly predictable that there would be clashes between rival groups."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government's reaction was sadly predictable."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "behaving or happening in a way that you would expect and therefore boring",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's very nice, but I find him rather dull and predictable."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rock music is getting so predictable these days."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had been in a number of predictable sitcoms."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪktəbl/",
                "audio": "pr/predictable/predictable__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈdɪktəbl/",
                "audio": "pr/predictable/predictable__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}