Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Capable of being managed or controlled.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being managed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Such as can be managed or used; suffering control; governable; tractable; subservient.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Capable of being managed; governable; tractable; subservient.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
  • adjective capable of being managed or controlled

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manage +‎ -able

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