Predictive (adjective)

1. Tending or serving to predict; indicating what will happen or be likely to happen in the future.
2. Of or relating to the use of statistical or mathematical methods to forecast future events or trends.

Origin:

Late 16th century: from latin predict- "declared beforehand", from the verb praedicere, from prae "before" + dicere "say".

Examples:

1. A predictive model was developed to forecast sales for the upcoming quarter.
2. The predictive analysis indicated that the company would experience significant growth over the next five years.
3. The predictive technology was based on complex algorithms that analyzed vast amounts of data.
4. The predictive maintenance system was designed to alert maintenance personnel before equipment failures occurred.
5. The predictive results were surprising, as they showed that the new product would be a huge success.