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definable

[dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ]

definable adjective: able to be defined.

Adjective

definable (comparative more definable, superlative most definable)

  1. Able to be defined.
    • Many words are definable by using other words.
    • He speaks to an audience definable not by its size nor even by its color but by its intellectual jazzhead zeal, and if he sometimes appears to be speaking only to himself, so be it; few people I know have the fervor for anything to match Mackey’s for jazz.2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times

definable meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

definable in Tamil

விளக்கத்தக்க, வரையறுக்கத்தக்க, தெளிவுபடுத்தத்தக்க

definable in Malayalam

ascertainable, determinable, known
നിർവ്വചിക്കാവുന്ന, നിർണ്ണയിക്കാവുന്ന, നിർണ്ണേയ, നിർവചനീയ, വ്യപദേശ്യ, നിർവാച്യ

Antonyms of definable

Forms of definable

comparativemore definable
superlativemost definable

Origin of definable

From define + -able.

Words formed from definable

Questions about definable

What does definable mean?
Definable means able to be defined.
What is definable in Tamil?
Definable in Tamil is விளக்கத்தக்க, வரையறுக்கத்தக்க, தெளிவுபடுத்தத்தக்க. See Definable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is definable?
Definable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce definable?
Definable is pronounced [dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ] (UK).

Words near definable in the dictionary

  1. defiltering
  2. defilters
  3. defiltration
  4. defin
  5. definability
  6. definable
  7. definably
  8. definate
  9. definately
  10. defination
  11. definatly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: definable (page history and authors); definable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); definable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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