Dictionary Definition
predictable adj : possible to foretell [ant:
unpredictable]
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Translations
able to be predicted
- Czech: předvídatelný
- Dutch: voorspelbaar
- Finnish: ennustettava, ennalta arvattava
- German: vorhersagbar
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Extensive Definition
"Predictable" is a pop rock song
written by Kara
DioGuardi, Delta
Goodrem and Jarrad Rogers, recorded by Goodrem for her first
album
Innocent Eyes (2003). Released in the last quarter of 2003, the single
peaked at number-one on the Australian ARIA Charts,
becoming Goodrem's fifth number-one single in Australia. This
achievement in itself broke the record set by Goodrem herself for
the most amount of consecutive number-one's from a debut album. The
original record was held by Kylie
Minogue. Due to Goodrem's cancer treatment, she was unable to
shoot an accompanying film clip; Sony used a live video to
represent the song. The live video was shot at the Headquarters for
Channel
V in July, 2003.
The song and produced by John Fields in L.A. Originally, the
demo version of the song was rather different from the end product;
however, Goodrem desired the song to have a rock edge to it, thus
asking Fields to help produce it. The song is set around the theme
of a girl rejecting the advances of a man, because she can see
through his facade, and knows that if she let's him enter her life,
she will end up heartbroken. The song was chosen by Goodrem's
record company, Sony, to be the last
single to represent the album ''Innocent Eyes.
The single faced competition from international
and local acts and debuted at number two, behind the first
Australian Idol, Guy
Sebastian. Due to her illness and treatment the single received
little promotion but two weeks after release, the song reached
number-one. The single remained in the Top Ten for eight weeks and
became the seventeenth highest selling single in Australia for
2003.
Track listing
- "Predictable" — 3:39
- "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" — 4:36
- "Here I Am" (Piano & Cello version) — 4:23
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
anticipatable, anticipated, apt, balanced, calculable, cool, dependable, divinable, expected, fair, faithful, faithworthy, fast, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, foreknowable, foreseeable, foreseen, foretellable, hopeful, imperturbable, improbable, in equilibrium,
in the cards, invincible, liable, likely, odds-on, precognizable, predictable
within limits, presumable, presumptive, probable, promising, reliable, secure, solid, sound, stable, statistically probable,
staunch, steadfast, steady, substantial, sure, surefire, trustworthy, trusty, unfailing, unflappable, unflinching, unshakable, unwavering, verisimilar, well-balanced,
well-founded, well-grounded, without nerves