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How to pronounce predictor in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer
Type of illusionist, visionary, seer
Has types astrologer, fortuneteller, fortune teller, astrologist
Derivation predict
Type Words
Type of computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, information processing system, electronic computer
Type Words
Type of information


the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance.

Examples of predictor

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Education is the number one predictor of future success for the next generation.
From the suntimes.com
If the bunched-up rankings are any predictor, there's plenty more drama to come.
From the kentucky.com
Officials there say the scores are not the best predictor of academic potential.
From the usatoday.com
The risk score was a greater predictor of becoming a smoker than family history.
From the psychcentral.com
As participant age increased, telomere length became an even stronger predictor.
From the sciencedaily.com
Bond markets have been considered a better predictor of the future than equities.
From the online.wsj.com
The best predictor, the study concluded, was early childhood physical aggression.
From the time.com
The top-rookie seasonal winner normally is a sound predictor of future success.
From the newsobserver.com
When people are depressed, acute anxiety is the best predictor of suicide risk.
From the cnn.com
More examples
  • Forecaster: someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
  • Information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events; "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
  • A computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival
  • (predictive) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions
  • (Predictive) A prediction or forecast is a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on experience or knowledge. ...
  • Something that anticipates, predicts or foretells
  • (Predictive) Text Input software built into some cell phones and mobile devices that makes typing words on a keypad easier. Instead of pressing each key one, two or three times, just to press it once and a built-in vocabulary will attempt to guess the word that you are spelling. ...
  • (predictive) A rule or measurement system that projects a future status before it occurs, based on predefined trends, warning signals or the use of a knowledge base that incorporates past behavior.
  • Predictive means that it will compute how many calls it needs to make, to keep all agents busy all the time. Unlike the common misconseption, it has nothing to do with if you are automatically playing a message to people or not. (Which is mostly illegal as of Oct 1 2008. ...