Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

measurable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Texas) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmeʒəɹəbəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmeʒɹəbəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmɛʒɹəbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure + -able. Doublet of mensurable.

Meanings

  1. Able to be measured.
    • "There are studies that illustrate how kindness spreads through social networks in measurable ways. When we are kind to someone, they don't just feel better — they become 25% more likely to help others." 2025 November 13, Kamala Thiagarajan, “If you're going to be kind to another human, today is the day to do it!”, in NPR:
  2. Of significant importance.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more measurable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most measurable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

Borel measurable · measurable space · Lebesgue measurable · immeasurable · measurableness · measurably · nonmeasurable · comeasurable · unmeasurable · measurable function · measurable set

Relateds

mensurable · measurability

Translations (22)

da målbar (able to be measured) · cs měřitelný (able to be measured) · de messbar (able to be measured) · nn målbar (able to be measured) · hu mérhető (able to be measured) · kk өлшемді (able to be measured) · eo mezurebla (able to be measured) · ru измеримый (able to be measured) · el μετρήσιμος (able to be measured) · es medible (able to be measured) · ro măsurabil (able to be measured) · pt medível (able to be measured) · ka გაზომვადი (able to be measured) · la mēnsūrābilis (able to be measured) · pl mierzalny (able to be measured) · pt mensurável (able to be measured) · cmn 可測的 /可测的 (able to be measured) · fi mitattava (able to be measured) · es mensurable (able to be measured) · nb målbar (able to be measured) · bg измерим (able to be measured) · nl meetbaar (able to be measured)

measurable en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Texas) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈmeʒəɹəbəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈmeʒɹəbəl/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈmɛʒɹəbəl/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Old French mesurable, equivalent to measure + -able. Doublet of mensurable.

Meanings

  1. That which can be measured; a metric.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
measurables Number=Plur lexicographic