adj
Meaning 1
Capable of being severed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
severable
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adj
Meaning 2
Capable of being separated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: economics, law, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
capable of being divided or dissociated;
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- often drugs and crime are not dissociable
- the siamese twins were not considered separable
- a song...never conceived of as severable from the melody
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dissociable, separable
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sever Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English severable From sever + -able.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: делим (delim) — capable of being severed
- Polish: wypowiadalny — capable of being severed