Meaning of Predictor | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Something that anticipates, predicts, or foretells.
2. A predictor variable.
3. One who predicts.
   uncommon

Equivalents

Examples

“The rainfall in April is a predictor for the number⟳ of mosquitoes in May.”

“The predictor in the traffic-light control⟳ circuit tries to figure⟳ out how fast to change⟳ the lights.”

““Homeownership,” says John H. Mollenkopf, executive director of the Center for Urban Research⟳ at the City University of New York Graduate Center, “is the strongest predictor of being likely to turn⟳ out in local politics and being a bit more conservative and antitax in your general outlook.””

“THE only individual in this great city who has had a really easy time is the weather predictor; his only task from day to day has been to announce⟳ rain⟳ and gales, and through it all he has readily ranked as a prophet with honor in […]”

“The “Annual Register⟳” for 1809 contains an extract from a remarkable letter, dated Bath, April 2nd, in which the writer describes the effects of an extraordinary panic arising from a supposed prophecy of the end⟳ of the world. The account is headed “Bath Credulity,” and the writer states:—“[…] Some affirmed that Joanna Southcott was the predictor, others that it was a prophet now living at Midford, near this city, who was with Noah in the Ark, and has been travelling over various parts of the world ever since; but the greater part affixed the name⟳ of a female fortune-teller residing at Bath.[…],” etc.”

“The All Over Arkansas Man marks a prediction and calls for the next predictor. If a predictress will do as well, I will proceed to predict⟳ that within 10 years from this date⟳ there will not be a fly⟳ in the state of Arkansas.”

“And I look⟳ at, for example, on Weather Service, and thinking only in my lifetime, the evolution of how we have⟳ come⟳ on Weather Service, where we have⟳ been able to get⟳ down to that regional level, where people, if you talk⟳ to them in communities, I mean⟳, maybe it is not such a bad idea that they think⟳ that their local weatherperson is the weather predictor.”

“So if a prophet isn’t primarily a future predictor, what is a prophet?”

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