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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-fahyn
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfaɪn



Définition of definable

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to specify; to end," from Old French defenir "to end, terminate, determine," and directly from Latin definire "to limit, determine, explain," from de- "completely" (see de-) + finire "to bound, limit," from finis "boundary, end" (see finish (n.)). Related: Defined; defining.
  • adj determinable
Example sentences :
  • It followed that the function of government was limited and definable.
  • Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
  • They have no definable "time-shape," as Mr. Fisher might put it.
  • Extract from : « The Place of Science in Modern Civilisation and Other Essays » by Thorstein Veblen
  • It might have been called music, but there was no definable melody or beat.
  • Extract from : « Adolescents Only » by Irving E. Cox
  • A religious creed is definable as a theory of original causation.
  • Extract from : « The Hearts of Men » by H. Fielding
  • There must be a definable Right or Wrong upon all these issues.
  • Extract from : « The Salvaging Of Civilisation » by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • Man, by the nature of him, is definable as 'an incarnated Word.'
  • Extract from : « The French Revolution » by Thomas Carlyle
  • They were not formed or definable at all before the year 1000; by the year 1200 they were gone.
  • Extract from : « Hills and the Sea » by H. Belloc
  • Born into the world with many other gifts, this last and least definable gift of popularity was added to complete them all.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • If migration is a reasoned affair, it then follows that for every migration there must be some definable cause.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various
  • Such was my first definable thought concerning Frank Swinnerton.
  • Extract from : « When Winter Comes to Main Street » by Grant Martin Overton

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