Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
That can be spoken; utterable, verbalizable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Acceptable as a topic of discussion; not subject to taboo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Capable of speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, obsolete
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adjective satellite
capable of being uttered in words or sentences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: utterable
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History
From Middle English spekabyll; equivalent to speak + -able.
