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recordable

recordable adjective: that can be recorded; capturable.

Adjective

recordable (comparative more recordable, superlative most recordable)

  1. That can be recorded; capturable.
    • Sound and movement are recordable by means of microphones and cameras.
    • User actions are recordable in a macro for playback at a later time.
  2. Able to be used to record something.
  3. Liable to be retained on someone's criminal record.
    • Marper, who was 38 years of age and of good character, was arrested and charged with harassment of his partner. The police took his fingerprints and DNA samples. His partner became reconciled with him and decided not to press the charges, and the case was formally discontinued. The police refused...2009, Bob Hepple, “The Right to Privacy and Crime Detection”, in Cambridge Law Journal, volume 68, number 2, page 254

Antonyms of recordable

Forms of recordable

comparativemore recordable
superlativemost recordable

Origin of recordable

From record + -able.

Words formed from recordable

Questions about recordable

What does recordable mean?
Recordable means that can be recorded; capturable.
What part of speech is recordable?
Recordable is an adjective.

Words near recordable in the dictionary

  1. record-players
  2. record-set
  3. record-sets
  4. record-setting
  5. recordability
  6. recordable
  7. recordal
  8. recordals
  9. recordance
  10. recordances
  11. recordation

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