Definable Meaning
[dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ]Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjAble to be defined.
Sentence Examples
The problem has a clearly definable solution.
Love is a feeling that is not easily definable.
The concept of “Internet addiction” implies that “the Internet” is some sort of definable activity.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The concept of beauty is not easily ____ in precise terms.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The problem has a clearly ____ solution.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English define Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English definable From define + -able.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"He speaks to an audience definable not by its size nor even by its color but by its intellectual jazzhead zeal, and if he sometimes appears to be speaking only to himself, so be it; few people I know have the fervor for anything to match Mackey’s for jazz."
— 2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The concept of beauty is not easily ____ in precise terms.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The problem has a clearly ____ solution.