predictable manner

collocation in English

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predictable
adjective
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/us
/prɪˈdɪk.tə.bəl/
Something that is predictable happens in a way or at a time that you know about before ...
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manner
noun
uk
/ˈmæn.ər/us
/ˈmæn.ɚ/
the way in which something ...
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(Definition ofpredictableandmannerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpredictable manner

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Consider for instance the image of mechanical flow, of a system operating in an orderly,predictablemanner.
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Rather, chaos theory tries to understand the behavior of systems that do not unfold over time in a linearlypredictablemanner.
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First, scheduled caesarean section before the onset of labour allows for co-ordinated delivery with appropriate specialists present and thus permits back closure in a rapid andpredictablemanner.
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That is a service which produces awards reasonably quickly and in an understandable andpredictablemanner.
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The purpose of basic military training is to ensure that a soldier will perform in a disciplined, obedient andpredictablemannerin an operation.
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It will produce awards reasonably quickly and in an understandable andpredictablemanner, which will be much better for victims of crime.
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Short-term weather patterns caused by the movement of depressions and anti-cyclones do not continue in any readilypredictablemannerover periods as long as 14 days.
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Data modeling techniques and methodologies are used to model data in a standard, consistent,predictablemannerin order to manage it as a resource.
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Most power plants have materials and building associated in a fairlypredictablemanner.
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The crooks are finally apprehended in a satisfying, albeitpredictablemanner.
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Those osculating elements change in a quasi-periodic and (in principle)predictablemannerdue to such effects as perturbations from planets or other bodies, and precession (e.g. perihelion precession).
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Foundationally, as a further example, the foot has an inherited functional foot type, which when weighted, will remodel and adapt in predictable manners.
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