Synonyms for definable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-fahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪn |
Définition of definable
Origin :- late 14c., "to specify; to end," from Old French defenir "to end, terminate, determine," and directly from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de- "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" (see finish (n.)). Related: Defined; defining.
- adj determinable
- It followed that the function of government was limited and definable.
- Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
- They have no definable "time-shape," as Mr. Fisher might put it.
- Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
- It might have been called music, but there was no definable melody or beat.
- Extract from : « Adolescents Only » by Irving E. Cox
- A religious creed is definable as a theory of original causation.
- Extract from : « The Hearts of Men » by H. Fielding
- There must be a definable Right or Wrong upon all these issues.
- Extract from : « The Salvaging Of Civilisation » by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
- Man, by the nature of him, is definable as 'an incarnated Word.'
- Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
- They were not formed or definable at all before the year 1000; by the year 1200 they were gone.
- Extract from : « Hills and the Sea » by H. Belloc
- Born into the world with many other gifts, this last and least definable gift of popularity was added to complete them all.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- If migration is a reasoned affair, it then follows that for every migration there must be some definable cause.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
- Such was my first definable thought concerning Frank Swinnerton.
- Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton
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