gradable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɡɹeɪdəbəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree English grade Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English gradable From grade + -able.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Able to form degrees or grades
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(not-comparable, of a word or phrase) Able to occur in varying degrees; able to be inflected or modified to express degrees of meaning.
Hot and cold are gradable antonyms.
2007, James R. Hurford, Brendan Heasley, Michael B. Smith, Semantics: A Coursebook:
- (not-comparable) steep, but still able to be climbed by a motor vehicle
Antonyms
non-gradable · ungradable · ungradable
Deriveds
gradable antonym · gradability · gradably · non-gradable
Synonyms
Translations (11)
pl stopniowalny (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · fr gradable (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · fi suhteellinen (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · de steigerbar (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · fr comparable (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · fr graduable (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · de steigerungsfähig (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · de komparierbar (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · cs stupňovatelný (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · hu fokozható (grammar: able to occur in degrees) · de graduierbar (grammar: able to occur in degrees)