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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

matchable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English match Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English matchable From match + -able.

Meanings

  1. Able to be matched.

Forms

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more matchable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most matchable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

unmatchable · immatchable · matchableness

matchable en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English match Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English matchable From match + -able.

Meanings

  1. Something that can be matched.
    • Both the matchables and the unmatchables direct us along new lines of inquiry. The matchables invite study of kinship, neighbouring, and property as advantageous ladders of social advancement, while the unmatchables invite inquiry into risk, its incidence, and the strategies young people were employing […] 2015, Peter Baskerville, Kris Inwood, Lives in Transition: Longitudinal Analysis from Historical Sources, page 209:

Forms

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matchables Number=Plur lexicographic