Dictionary Check: predictor

"predictor" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 16 points

Definition

noun

someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)

noun

information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events

Example: "the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance"
noun

a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival

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