The adjective predictable refers to that which is part of the forecasts . It is something that can be predicted or predicted .
For example: “It was foreseeable that, after the devaluation, the prices of imported products were going to increase” , “The expulsion of the Uruguayan striker was foreseeable, since he had been arguing with the rivals and the referee for several minutes” , “The Dominican team suffered a predictable defeat against the American team.”
The foreseeable, in short, can be assumed in advance . Let's imagine that a child begins to juggle a glass cup in front of an observer. After a few seconds, the cup ends up falling to the floor and bursting into multiple pieces. Whoever witnessed the situation can affirm that the outcome was predictable , because glass is a very fragile material and the child had already thrown the object into the air to try to catch it on several occasions.
Suppose that, in a friendly match, the Argentine soccer team faces the team that represents Tonga . World sports figures such as Lionel Messi and Sergio “Kun” Agüero play in Argentina , while the Oceania team is made up of amateur soccer players. The match ends with a huge victory in favor of the South Americans, who win 9 to 0 . Beyond the atypical nature of the result, experts maintain that it was predictable due to the differences in level and hierarchy . Due to the background of Argentina and Tonga , and the achievements achieved by their players, logic predicted a large victory for Messi , Agüero and company.
If we look at the list of the most common synonyms for the word predictable , we will immediately notice that it is not a particularly large set, as is the case with simpler adjectives, such as "pleasant" or "old." In this case, we can replace it with one of the following: forecastable, probable, presumed, imaginable and predictable . Regarding its antonyms, the two most used are unimaginable and unpredictable , which are formed by starting from two of the previous terms and adding a prefix to oppose their meaning.
In any case, we can notice that the meaning of all these synonyms tells us about events or situations that do not exactly occur by surprise, or that are relatively " logical " if we pay attention to certain characteristics of their antecedents. Let's take the first one on the list, predictable : according to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, its definition is "to predict a future thing based on certain indications"; That is, by studying the clues it is possible to estimate what will happen after a certain point in time.
In our daily lives, the concept of forecast is used very frequently to talk about meteorological weather: experts tirelessly observe all the parameters of the climate to try to anticipate phenomena as simple as rain or as catastrophic as an earthquake. And taking this field of research as a point of reference, we can point out that the terms obvious or evident are not synonyms for foreseeable , at least not the most precise ones, since to foresee something it is necessary to make an effort, carry out some type of study, while the obvious or evident is in front of our eyes and anyone can notice it without any work.
Another of the most common synonyms in the list above is predictable : the verb predict is defined as "to announce the future event of something based on well-founded knowledge, a conjecture or a revelation." One evaluates the signs, compares them with previous experiences and then makes a prediction, a forecast, a forecast: based on all this, I am convinced that that will happen.