definable

English

Etymology

From define +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ]

Adjective

definable (comparative more definable, superlative most definable)

1. Able to be defined.

   Many words are definable by using other words.

   • 2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Antonyms

• undefinable
• indefinable

Derived terms

• definably
• interdefinable
• nondefinable
• user-definable

 

Related terms

• definability

Translations

able to be defined

• Czech: definovatelný m
• Dutch: definieerbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: difinebla
• French: définissable (fr)
• German: definierbar (de)
• Slovak: definovateľný m
• Spanish: definible

Anagrams

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