adj
Meaning 1
Able to be measured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
measurable
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɛʒɹəbəl/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈmeʒəɹəbəl/
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adj
Meaning 2
Of significant importance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
That which can be measured; a metric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 4
capable of being measured
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- measurable depths
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mensurable
Antonyms: immeasurable
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
of distinguished importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a measurable figure in literature
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure + -able. Doublet of mensurable.
Across languages
Translations
21 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: измерим (izmerim) — able to be measured
- Chinese Mandarin: 可測的 /可测的 (kěcè de) — able to be measured
- Czech: měřitelný — able to be measured
- Danish: målbar — able to be measured
- Dutch: meetbaar — able to be measured
- Esperanto: mezurebla — able to be measured
- Georgian: გაზომვადი (gazomvadi) — able to be measured
- German: messbar — able to be measured
- Greek: μετρήσιμος (metrísimos) — able to be measured
- Hungarian: mérhető — able to be measured
- Kazakh: өлшемді (ölşemdı) — able to be measured
- Latin: mēnsūrābilis — able to be measured
- Norwegian Bokmål: målbar — able to be measured
- Norwegian Nynorsk: målbar — able to be measured
- Polish: mierzalny — able to be measured
- Portuguese: medível — able to be measured
- Portuguese: mensurável — able to be measured
- Romanian: măsurabil — able to be measured
- Russian: измеримый (izmerimyj) — able to be measured
- Spanish: medible — able to be measured
- Spanish: mensurable — able to be measured
Real reading context