Definition of "predictive" []

• Useful in predicting. (adjective)
• Describing a predictor. (adjective)

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• "High school senior Stephen Trusheim's software aims to find a "middle ground" of testing, which he calls predictive surveillance."
• "How does the market participants determine the point where profits can no longer be assured unless it first engages in predictive analysis targeted beyond thatpoint?"
• "Thanks for your write-up, I think if the current research was presented this way (where uncertainties in predictive capability are honestly addressed) more often, rather than the treatment things get in the popular press, we would be much better off."