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contestable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

That can be contested; debatable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Some said he was the greatest of his time but with the amount of talent around that view was contestable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

capable of being contested

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: incontestable

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English contest 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 contestable From contest + -able.

Across languages

Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: esteellinen — that can be contested
  • French: contestable — that can be contested
  • Italian: contrastabile — that can be contested
  • Italian: oppugnabile — that can be contested
  • Italian: contendibile — that can be contested
  • Manx: yn-arganey — that can be contested
  • Romanian: contestabil — that can be contested
  • Serbo-Croatian: спо̑ран — that can be contested
  • Serbo-Croatian: spȏran — that can be contested
Real reading context

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