predictor Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
   forecaster; soothsayer; prognosticator.
   
2. noun information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events
   
   • the weekly bulletin contains several predictors of mutual fund performance
3. 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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