appreciable
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See also: appréciable
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French appréciable. By surface analysis, appreci(ate) + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
appreciable (comparative more appreciable, superlative most appreciable)
- (usually) Both detectable and at least modestly substantial: large enough to be estimated and to be of practical relevance.
- Synonym: considerable
- For many people, the benefits of exercise in improving mood and preventing achiness are appreciable.
- 1865, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in Our Mutual Friend:
- A grain of musk will scent a drawer for many years, and still lose nothing appreciable of its original weight.
- 1915, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Something New:
- For an appreciable time he did not think of rising from his seat.
- 1962 October, M. J. Wilson, “Three years of dieselisation at Devons Road depot”, in Modern Railways, page 264:
- Anti-freeze has not been found necessary, even in the most severe conditions, since the water is drained out if a locomotive spends any appreciable time out of service and in normal working conditions the coolant is always warm.
- 2002, John J. Mearsheimer, "Realism, the Real World, and the Academy," in Realism and Institutionalism in International Studies (M. Brecher and F. P. Harvey, eds.), →ISBN, p. 27:
- If NEAsia were a zone of peace, those American forces would be unnecessary and they could be sent home and demobilized, saving the U.S. taxpayer an appreciable sum of money.
- (sometimes) Synonym of detectable.
- Synonym: perceptible
- A small hernia was just barely appreciable upon palpation.
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Translations[edit]
large enough to be estimated; considerable
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References[edit]
- “appreciable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.