Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Worthy of note or notice; remarkable: notable beauty; sled dogs that are notable for their stamina.
- adj. Characterized by excellence or distinction; eminent: formed a commission of notable citizens. See Synonyms at noted.
- n. A person of distinction or great reputation. See Synonyms at celebrity.
- n. One of a council of prominent persons in pre-Revolutionary France called into assembly to deliberate at times of emergency.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Worthy of notice; noteworthy; memorable; remarkable; noted or distinguished; great; considerable; important; also, such as to attract notice; conspicuous; manifest.
- Notorious; well or publicly known.
- Useful; profitable.
- (Usually not′ a-bl). Prudent; clever; capable; industrious: as, a notable housekeeper.
- Synonyms Noted, Notorious, etc. (see famous), signal, extraordinary.
- n. A person or thing of note, importance, or distinction.
Wiktionary
- adj. obsolete Useful; profitable.
- adj. Prudent; clever; capable; industrious; thrifty.
- adj. dated Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
- adj. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
- n. A person or thing of distinction.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Capable of being noted; noticeable; plain; evident.
- adj. Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished.
- adj. obsolete Well-known; notorious.
- n. A person, or thing, of distinction.
- n. (French Hist.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. worthy of notice
- n. a celebrity who is an inspiration to others
- adj. widely known and esteemed
Etymologies
- From Middle English, from Old French notable ("noteworthy"), from Latin notabilis ("noteworthy, extraordinary"), from notō ("note, mark", v), equivalent to note + -able. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin notābilis, from notāre, to note, from nota, note; see note. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Extra notable is the films lead tough guy, Ken Foree – the guy just oozes cool.”
“Jiru is referring to China's pledge to make what it calls notable cuts to its emissions.”
“Jobin hopes to build on the organization's prestige and what he calls notable stability.”
“Also notable is that like Peter Facinelli, Liz is staying out of the salary negotiations fray.”
“Most notable is the vast National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, which offers low-income Indians 100 days of guaranteed work and is expected to benefit almost 45 million households this year.”
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“The most notable is a new Rasmussen automated poll in Colorado that finds what the pollster describes as a "virtual tie" between Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican challenger Ken Buck.”
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“Also notable is his claim that the morality of same sex relationships is a matter for “theologians and religious leaders to debate” and hence “not the business of the U.S. government,” as if such moral concerns have only been raised by theologians, which indicates either egregious ignorance or tendentious propaganda on hispart.”
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“Also notable is his claim that the morality of same sex relationships is a matter for “theologians and religious leaders to debate” and hence “not the business of the U.S. government,” as if such moral concerns have only been raised by theologians, which indicates either egregious ignorance or tendentious propaganda on his part.”
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“Also notable, is that black people did not really constitute a majority anywhere, so there was no realistic option of autonomy.”
“Also notable is the scene where hunky lead actor Paul Mantee skinny dips in a Martian pool.”
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