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assignable
[ uh-sahy-nuh-buhl ]
adjective
- capable of being specified:
The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
- capable of being attributed:
This work is assignable to a 12th-century poet.
- Law. capable of being assigned.
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Other Words From
- as·signa·bili·ty noun
- as·signa·bly adverb
- nonas·signa·bili·ty noun
- nonas·signa·ble adjective
- nonas·signa·bly adverb
- unas·signa·ble adjective
- unas·signa·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of assignable1
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Example Sentences
This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.
But, as no assignable sense has been found for valance, I can only suppose that it is an error for falance or fallance.
Moreover, most cases of squint arise without directly assignable causes.
That the number of sub-divisions is definite and assignable, there being a limit beyond which it cannot be carried.
Some children, however, are liable to attacks of nose-bleed coming on without any assignable causes.
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