definable

adjective

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as in defined

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Recent Examples of definable Joe’s Stone Crab is as definable of the Miami Beach essence as the city’s distinctive Art Deco along Ocean Drive, its beaches and the Fontainebleau hotel. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026 For once it had been achieved in the deserts of West Asia, so the very notion of wind as a linguistically definable entity took off everywhere. — Big Think, 18 Nov. 2025 Their roles are easily definable. — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025 Advertisement Advertisement There are no heroes in A House of Dynamite, but there are no definable villains, either, which is what makes this film so unmooring. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for definable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for definable
  1. discrete
  2. definite
  3. determinate
  4. confined
  5. restricted
  6. circumscribed
Adjective
  • Guests including Camille Cottin, Cynthia Erivo and Greta Lee stopped to marvel at a display with photographs and personal papers from Schlumberger, an otherwise private and discrete figure who was part of Paris’ Café Society.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The current situation in and around the Persian Gulf reinforces that tension because the threats facing Saudi Arabia are increasingly difficult to separate into discrete categories.
    — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of discrete
Adjective
  • Food and drink The food is a definite highlight here, with several places to eat and drink.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
  • There are definite signs of flagging Republican interest in the Georgia race.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of definite
Adjective
  • Fly Now might be the poster for an artform conceived of as a vehicle for transport in and out of the realm of determinate meaning.
    — Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In the case of tomatoes, this is true with indeterminate varieties, and less so with determinate varieties that won’t continue growing and producing after harvesting.
    — Amy Brightfield, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2026
Definition of determinate
Adjective
  • That gave the team an additional visual reference during one of neurosurgery’s most confined operating environments.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Sewers can contain numerous hazards, including noxious and potentially deadly gases, unstable surfaces, flooding risks, and confined spaces.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of confined
Adjective
  • The owner of a San Gabriel Valley technology company was arrested Thursday after federal prosecutors charged him with smuggling more than $300 million of restricted computer hardware to China.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • These behaviors were rarely seen in the absence of cocaine, illustrating how a normally varied set of actions can become restricted to a persistent behavioral pattern, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of restricted
Adjective
  • Through it all, Nussbaum chafed at the circumscribed role of women.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Of course the playwright has prepared the way, but the wayward emotions emanating from these inwardly glowing performances are refreshing in work that has the crisp, circumscribed elegance of a mathematical proof.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of circumscribed

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“Definable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/definable. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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