definableadj.

/dɪˈfʌɪnəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < define v. + -able suffix.

Capable of being defined.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate > able to be

determinable1581

definablea1660

fixable1796

pinpointable1955

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adjective] > capable of definition

definablea1660

interdefinable1948

a1660 H. Hammond Wks. I. 291 (R.) Great variety..of..opportunities, not defineable particularly.

1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. a3 As if Infinite were definable, or Infinity a Subject for our narrow understanding.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 91 Islam is definable as a confused form of Christianity.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. vii. 69 Something apart from all the definable interests of her life.

1893 F. Hall in Nation LVII. 45/2 The ordinary predicate, that briefly definable by ‘affirm’.

Derivatives

deˈfinably adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adverb]

dioristically1664

definably1805

definitionally1940

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > definitely or determinately > capable of

definably1805

1805 J. Foster Ess. i. iii. 31 A state most definably corresponding to the subject of your attention.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	definable
释义	definableadj. /dɪˈfʌɪnəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < define v. + -able suffix. Capable of being defined. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adjective] > definite or determinate > able to be determinable1581 definablea1660 fixable1796 pinpointable1955 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adjective] > capable of definition definablea1660 interdefinable1948 a1660 H. Hammond Wks. I. 291 (R.) Great variety..of..opportunities, not defineable particularly. 1682 J. Dryden Religio Laici Pref. sig. a3 As if Infinite were definable, or Infinity a Subject for our narrow understanding. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 91 Islam is definable as a confused form of Christianity. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. vii. 69 Something apart from all the definable interests of her life. 1893 F. Hall in Nation LVII. 45/2 The ordinary predicate, that briefly definable by ‘affirm’. Derivatives deˈfinably adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > an explanation, definition > [adverb] dioristically1664 definably1805 definitionally1940 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > definitely or determinately > capable of definably1805 1805 J. Foster Ess. i. iii. 31 A state most definably corresponding to the subject of your attention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < adj.a1660
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