definable

/dɪˈfaɪnəbəɫ/ adj

Able to be defined.

Word Origin Definable literally means 'able to be bounded' — from Latin de- 'completely' and finis 'end, boundary'. To define something is to set its limits, to say where it ends. The root finis gives us finish, finite, confine, and even finance (originally 'to end a debt'). So definable means something can be clearly bounded and described.

adj Able to be defined.

The boundaries between the two properties were clearly definable.

(形容词) 可定义的;可界定的

这两处房产之间的界限可以明确界定。

(adjetivo) definible [Que puede ser definido.]

Los límites entre las dos propiedades eran claramente definibles.

(adjectif) définissable [Qui peut être défini ou délimité.]

Les limites entre les deux propriétés étaient clairement définissables.

(Adjektiv) definierbar; abgrenzbar [So beschaffen, dass es klar und eindeutig beschrieben oder abgegrenzt werden kann.]

Die Grenzen zwischen den beiden Grundstücken waren klar **definable**.

(形容詞) 定義することができる。明確に限界や意味を示せる状態。

二つの土地の境界線は明確に区別することができた。

(adjetivo) definível [Que pode ser definido.]

Os limites entre as duas propriedades eram claramente definíveis.

Word parts: de + fin + able

Common collocations

be verb of prep to prep have verb in prep not adv user subst term subst some adj by prep clearly adv must verb

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