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expectable

expectable adjective: able to be expected or anticipated; not unusual.

Adjective

expectable (comparative more expectable, superlative most expectable)

  1. Able to be expected or anticipated; not unusual.
    • Expectable losses are calculated into the final selling price.
  2. Able to be expected or considered due or required (of someone), reasonable to expect (someone to do, have, etc).
    • The jury could and did find that appellant's decision not to move was not a decision expectable of a reasonably prudent man to whom any backing vehicle means grave danger.c. 1964, Donald R. Mergenhagen v. George R. Mergenhagen, case before the Supreme Court of New York, appellate division, fourth department, in State of New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Fourth...
    • An argument can be made that the Marquesan view of certain states as expectable of 'persons' follows from these being equally examples of a common type of process.1987, Geoffrey M. White, John Kirkpatrick, Person, Self, and Experience: Exploring Pacific Ethnopsychologies, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 91

Examples of expectable in a sentence

  • The presence of troubling war-related memories and associated negative reactions typically has much more to do with what is normal and expectable of almost anyone who has survived war ...2004, Raymond M. Scurfield, A Vietnam Trilogy, Vol. I: Veterans and Post Traumatic Stress, 1968, 1989, 2000, Algora Publishing, →ISBN, page...
  • Such issues finally turn on two counts; namely, what is most opposite to the human scene, and what is most properly worth, or—may we say— “expectable” of God.2008, Leonard Swidler, Paul Mojzes, The Uniqueness of Jesus: A Dialogue with Paul F. Knitter, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 64:

Forms of expectable

comparativemore expectable
superlativemost expectable

Origin of expectable

From expect + -able.

Words formed from expectable

Questions about expectable

What does expectable mean?
Expectable means able to be expected or anticipated; not unusual.
How do you use expectable in a sentence?
The presence of troubling war-related memories and associated negative reactions typically has much more to do with what is normal and expectable of almost anyone who has survived war ...
What part of speech is expectable?
Expectable is an adjective.

Words near expectable in the dictionary

  1. expdns.
  2. expecially
  3. expect
  4. expect the unexpected
  5. expectability
  6. expectable
  7. expectably
  8. expectance
  9. expectances
  10. expectancies
  11. expectancy

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