anticipability

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English

Etymology

From anticipable +‎ -ity.

Noun

anticipability (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being anticipable; foreseeability, predictability.
    Synonym: anticipatability
    • 2009, Daniel Gile, Basic Concepts and Models for Interpreter and Translator Training, revised edition, Amsterdam, Philadelphia, P.A.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 193:
      More generally, low anticipability of the source speech, which can be due to the speaker's personal style rather than to linguistic or cultural features or to flaws in his/her rationale, can have the same effect (see also Section 4).

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