knowable

[noh-uh-buhl]

adjective

1. capable of being known. known. know.

Other Word Forms

• knowableness noun
• knowability noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of knowable¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; know ¹, -able

Example Sentences

If the future was perfectly knowable, we would all be rich.

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And Lim’s case is far more distant or far less knowable than Hawaii.

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Likening Trump’s actions to authoritarian leaders in Hungary, Turkey, Zimbabwe, Chile and Peru, Maddow explains that while this is novel in American history, it is also knowable in world history.

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Post-truth is more than simply lying; it attempts to undermine the very notion of truth – that experts can be trusted, facts can be disentangled from fiction and truth is knowable or even matters.

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Like this chair, they are elegant and tough, unpretentious and confident; there are multiple sides to them — it’s what makes them complete and not fully knowable at the same time.

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