predictable pattern

collocation in English

meaningsofpredictableandpattern

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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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pattern
noun
uk
/ˈpæt.ən/us
/ˈpæt̬.ɚn/
a particular way in which something is done, is organized, ...
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(Definition ofpredictableandpatternfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We observed that cercarial production had nopredictablepatternbetween days.
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Then the effects of such background differences could be expected to display a statisticallypredictablepattern.
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This is a fairlypredictablepattern.
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Each parish (or township) formed a unit within which a characteristic, almostpredictablepatternof land use was enacted.
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Moreover, there does not seem to be apredictablepatternin the speakers' selection of level tones here.
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Such debates as this tend to have apredictablepattern.
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The debate has fallen into apredictablepattern.
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Or, if there is somepredictablepatternto the ordering, infants might be innately equipped with a productive mechanism for projecting the enumeration.
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I suppose that this is because the speeches follow a certainpredictablepattern.
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From there it spreads in fairlypredictablepattern.
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Transitive active verbs show the mostpredictablepattern.
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Each mix produces a different butpredictablepatternof behavior.
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So the trend is clear, although, as has been said, there is no firmpredictablepatternof overseas demand.
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An exceptional case is something which when it arises is found not to fit into the normal andpredictablepattern.
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In many ways, the world is much less certain than it was when cold war confrontations followed a morepredictablepattern.
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The presence and locations of angiomas are very variable and do not follow anypredictablepattern.
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Because so many autobiographies were written, they began to fall into apredictablepattern.
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This cycle can last anywhere from several months to many years, and does not follow apredictablepattern.
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An experienced pitcher learns how to mix up his looks and never allow himself to get into apredictablepattern.
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During a drum solo the pianist sometimes comps, often using apredictablepatternof rhythmically-played chords called hits.
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In order to achieve that goal, they had to bring different styles of music together into apredictablepatternfor analysis.
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To prevent bluffs from occurring in apredictablepattern, game theory suggests the use of a randomizing agent to determine whether to bluff.
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During the course of his studies, he noticed that cervical mucus changed in apredictablepatternthrough the course of a woman's cycle.
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