Predictor - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|prəˈdɪktər|
Brit.
|prɪˈdɪktə|
noun
- someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) (syn: forecaster, soothsayer)
- information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
- 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 arrivalExtra examples
All the local forecasters are predicting rain for this afternoon.
She claims that she can predict future events.
Many people predicted that the store would fail, but it has done very well.
Sales are predicted to be the same as last year.
High blood pressure is a strong predictor of heart attacks.
Word forms
noun
singular: predictor
plural: predictors
singular: predictor
plural: predictors
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