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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As we stand, the outcome isn’t knowable with any level of confidence; it surely rests on events at a tactical and strategic level in coming weeks and months that we can’t know.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
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 • Feb. 20, 2026
If the future was perfectly knowable, we would all be rich.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
The mismatch in expertise is compounded as the market becomes more knowable.
From Slate • Sep. 10, 2024
In the recognition by Pythagoras and Plato that the Cosmos is knowable, that there is a mathematical underpinning to nature, they greatly advanced the cause of science.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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