Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Capable of being defined Susceptible of definition: as, definable words.
- Determinable; ascertainable: as, definable limits; a definable period.
Wiktionary
- adj. Able to be defined.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. capable of being defined, limited, or explained
Etymologies
- define + -able (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Preservation of freedom within definable and understandable limits distinguishes our form of government from other arbitrary forms regardless of their designation.”
“However, we have seen risk aversion start to wane which should lead to a continuation of the EURUSD defined price action as it is has developed short and medium term definable patterns, increasing its attractiveness as a scalping target.”
“Moondragon's powers are just as definable as any other Marvel telepath -- which is to say kind of definable, depending on a story's needs.”
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“Return-on-cost yields start at 8% for "definable" credit-worthy tenants, otherwise double-digit figures are more representative of current development risk pricing.”
“The downside though, is that it also results in an emotional detachment to the character, since the movie never provides a truly definable scale for the audience to gauge how he has been affected by this (mentally or physically).”
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“Well, certain government functions have definable outcomes.”
Policy in a Fog, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“There is a readily definable agenda on the part of liberal politics in America to use media influence in the same way its been done before a la Jimmy Carter vs Reagan (and the bullshit about Carter†™ s ‘kin†™) …”
“And we have goals, definable ones large and small.”
“I guess they think if they give us a tidy little label, they can talk about us as an easily definable "momolith," and then move on to more important or complicated voting blocks.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘definable’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
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abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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ENVI - non-commercial movement of pet...
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owner, pet, rabies, categorisation, transponder, point of entry, derogation, veterinarian, safety feature, identification, resubmit, vaccinate and 71 more...
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Adjectival Arcana
A roster of adjectives that infrequently surface in typical conversation and writing. Many are dredged from scientific or other technical jargon or sieved from examples of disused archaic forms.
unitegmic, acaulescent, reticuloendothelial, ingressive, uniate, acanthopterygian, ossific, epiphysial, perivisceral, acœlomatous, cestoid, acælomate and 7756 more...
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Reflexive words
Words that describe themselves (at least as displayed below). Also called autological or homological words, as listed by dann and tthorley.
sereneness, undulate, fidgety, fijiti, narrow, this, splendacious, ugly, short, terse, sesquipedalian, spellable and 67 more...
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