Anticipatable

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Possible to foresee future events or trends based on available information
2. Able to be foreseen or expected before it happens based on clues or patterns
3. Something that can be reasonably guessed or planned for ahead of time due to hints or information

Etymology: "Anticipatable" is a plain formation: the verb "anticipate" with the suffix "-able," meaning "capable of being." Anticipate itself comes from the Latin "anticipare," literally "to take beforehand," built from "ante" ("before") and "capere" ("to take"). So the word carries the sense of something that can be taken in advance, that is, seen coming before it arrives. The verb reached English in the 1500s, and the "-able" ending, which attaches readily to verbs, was used to make adjectives meaning "able to be done or undergone." Because "anticipate" meant both to forestall something and to foresee it, "anticipatable" inherits the second sense: an event or trend that can be foreseen from the evidence at hand.

Synonyms: predictable, foreseeable, expected

Antonyms: unexpected, unpredictable