-ible

American  

1. variant of -able, occurring in words borrowed from Latin (credible; horrible; visible ), or modeled on the Latin type (reducible ).

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-ible British  

suffix

1. a variant of -able

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Other Word Forms

• -ibility suffix
• -ibly suffix

Etymology

Origin of -ible

< Latin -ibil ( is ) or -ībil ( is ), equivalent to -i- or -ī- thematic vowel + -bilis -ble

Example Sentences

This holiday season, retail analysts say there has been a dis­cern­ible shift in gift-giving as Americans think beyond traditional presents.

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Shanmugam, who argues before federal appeals courts across the country, said more and more offer either live audio or same-day release of recordings, with no dis­cern­ible effect.

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“At the end of the day, I would suspect that Nancy Pelosi is going to have to explain, what is the dis­cern­ible difference between Al Franken and John Conyers?”

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We posed that question in October — yes, only last month — after a man with an arsenal of guns and no dis­cern­ible motive holed up in a Las Vegas hotel room and killed 58 people in the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.

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The gap isn’t any less dis­cern­ible when it comes to restaurants, a problem that D.C. officials have sought to conquer in the past, with little success.

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