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appointable

appointable adjective: capable of being appointed.

Adjective

appointable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being appointed.
    • The members of the senate are appointable while those of the house must be elected.

Origin of appointable

From appoint + -able.

Words formed from appointable

Questions about appointable

What does appointable mean?
Appointable means capable of being appointed.
What part of speech is appointable?
Appointable is an adjective.

Words near appointable in the dictionary

  1. appmts
  2. appoggiatura
  3. appoggiaturas
  4. appoggiature
  5. appoint
  6. appointable
  7. appointe
  8. appointed
  9. appointee
  10. appointees
  11. appointer

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