I used it that way, but I’m talking about when scenes like this exist in a show, movie, or book/story intended to be serious. They might not all be that bad, but it takes a lot of work to make a “predictive” character that is believable. Because the author knows exactly what is going to happen (or rather can make anything happen) the predictions usually get too specific.
In a comedy, this is hilarious and good fun. However, if you are trying to write a gritty action story, this is just bad. Realistic predictions in combat need to be more general to work.
Things like predicting an overall strategy is entirely possible. Predicting what door someone will enter a building through (provided that there are a limited number) is also possible. Knowing exactly where/when someone is attacking is not. Sometimes these scenes are really cringey when a MC claims to have predicted things like:
exactly where someone is going to shoot
exactly where a blade will strike them before starting a fight (often to put hidden armor only in that one spot)
the exact words someone is going to say before they say them
the exact minute and second that an enemy is going to do some particular thing
the exact steps, route, or attacks an enemy is going to use with 100% accuracy
every detail of a “secret” plan
I’ve seen this type of thing a surprising amount recently. The hero gets stabbed, but doesn’t die because he taped a coin in the spot that the knife hit. He then stands up and says, “Ha, I knew you would stab me there!” I’m all for a character that uses is brain, but there is a limit to what someone can predict or guess…