interpretableadj.
/ɪnˈtəːprᵻtəbl/, U.S. /ᵻnˈtərprədəb(ə)l/ 1. Susceptible of interpretation, explicable.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adjective] > capable of interpretation
interpretable1611
decipherable1664
inspectional1728
twistable1901
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Interpetrabile, interpretable.
1671 E. Stillingfleet Disc. Idolatry 42 The Letter of the Scripture as interpretable by every private mans reason.
1852 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 19 552 It had a real, vocal, interpretable language.
1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 49 They are facts that are not interpretable by consciousness.
2. Capable of being interpreted or construed in a specified manner.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [adjective]
interpretable1649
construable1657
well-constructed1657
constructivea1680
constructional1737
1649 H. Hammond Vindic. Addresse 34 'Tis not..intelligible to me, how those words..should be..interpretable to any farther sense.
1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature i. 12 Covering the head with a hat..is in itself an indifferent thing, and people by usage or consent may make it interpretable either way.
1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. D p. xxxii The words of St. John..are in their whole extent interpretable of the Understanding.
1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. v. §62. 229 Such alleged further forms are interpretable as generated by the primary form.
Derivatives
interpretaˈbility n.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > quality
interpretableness1685
interpretability1854
describabilitya1866
interpretativeness1932
1854 G. Boole Investig. Laws Thought 67 The same conditions of interpretability.
1898 A. C. Fraser T. Reid v. 66 The uniformity and therefore interpretability of nature.
1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics ii. 64 It is not translatability but interpretability in terms of an empiricist language that can establish meaning.
inˈterpretableness n. the quality of being interpretable.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > quality
interpretableness1685
interpretability1854
describabilitya1866
interpretativeness1932
1685 H. More Cursory Refl. 18 The Natural Interpretableness of the Apocalypse that way.
inˈterpretably adv. in an interpretable manner.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adverb]
interpretatively1670
interpretably1679
decipherably1845
1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned (1713) i. iii. 60 Whereas the habits were voluntarily contracted, the effects are interpretably so too.
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