debatable
adj/dɪˈbeɪtəbəɫ/UK
Etymology
From Old French debatable (French débattable), equivalent to debate + -able.
- derived from debatable
Definitions
Open to debate
Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.
- Those data are debatable: no one has been able to replicate them.
- It's debatable whether he is the best candidate for the position.
Able to be debated
Able to be debated; up for discussion.
- The lack of bonuses this year is not debatable.
A topic that is open to debate.
- Just how many glaucoma patients there are in the United States and just how prevalent is the disease are two unknowns or at least two debatables.
The neighborhood
Derived
debatableness, debatably, nondebatable, undebatable, undebatably
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for debatable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA