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evitable

Syllables: evi·ta·ble/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/US/ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/

evitable adjective: possible to avoid; avertible.

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Adjective

evitable (comparative more evitable, superlative most evitable)

  1. (uncommon) Possible to avoid; avertible.
    • The tragic consequences were evitable.
    • That Fort is unſafe where a part of the Garriſon conſiſts of diſguiſed Enemies; for when they take their turns at the Watch, the danger is hardly evitable. It would then certainly be for the ſafety of the Fort, that ſuch Friends in Maſquerade were induſtrouſly kept out, inſtead of being whipt in.[1686?], [William Penn], A Perswasive to Moderation to Church Dissenters, in Prudence and Conscience: Humbly Submitted to the King and His Great Councel. By One of the Humblest and Most Dutiful of...

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Forms of evitable

comparativemore evitable
superlativemost evitable

Origin of evitable

From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). The former is derived from ē- (“out”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)).

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Questions about evitable

What does evitable mean?
Evitable means possible to avoid; avertible.
What part of speech is evitable?
Evitable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce evitable?
Evitable is pronounced /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/ (UK).

Words near evitable in the dictionary

  1. eviscerators
  2. Evison
  3. Evisons
  4. Evita
  5. evitability
  6. evitable
  7. evitably
  8. evitate
  9. evitated
  10. evitates
  11. evitating

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