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instructable

instructable adjective: capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education.

Adjective

instructable (comparative more instructable, superlative most instructable)

  1. Capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education.
    • Yet another division placed persons depending on their ability to receive teachings: those who need only condensed teaching, those who need expanded teaching, and those who are barely instructable.2000, Todd Thornton Lewis, Subarna Man Tuladhar, Labh Ratna Tuladhar, Popular Buddhist Texts from Nepal

Forms of instructable

comparativemore instructable
superlativemost instructable

Origin of instructable

From instruct + -able.

Questions about instructable

What does instructable mean?
Instructable means capable of being instructed; receptive to instruction or education.
What part of speech is instructable?
Instructable is an adjective.

Words near instructable in the dictionary

  1. instrns.
  2. instroke
  3. instrokes
  4. instruct
  5. instructability
  6. instructable
  7. instructed
  8. instructedness
  9. instructee
  10. instructees
  11. instructer

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