knowable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- knowability noun
- knowableness noun
Etymology
Origin of knowable
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; know 1, -able
Example Sentences
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These images did not merely document India's diversity; they actively shaped it, translating fluid, lived realities into apparently stable and knowable "types".
From BBC
Brandishing charts that show the path to any objective, they see the future as knowable and amenable to our control.
If the future was perfectly knowable, we would all be rich.
From MarketWatch
And Lim’s case is far more distant or far less knowable than Hawaii.
From Los Angeles Times
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.
From Los Angeles Times
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