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plausible
English
Etymology
From Latin plausibilis (“deserving applause, praiseworthy, acceptable, pleasing”), from the participle stem of plaudere (“to applaud”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pl??z.?.b?l/, /?pl??z.?.b?l/
Adjective
plausible (comparative more plausible, superlative most plausible)
- Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; conceivably true or likely
- In short, the twin assumptions that syntactic rules are category-based, and that there are a highly restricted finite set of categories in any natural language (perhaps no more than a dozen major categories), together with the assumption that the child either knows (innately) or learns (by experience) that all rules are structure-dependent ( =category-based), provide a highly plausible model of language acquisition, in which languages become learnable in a relatively short, finite period of time (a few years).
- Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
- a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion
- (obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?)
- 1955, Lincoln and the Bluegrass: Slavery and Civil War in Kentucky
- […] a coachman named Richard, who was described as a "sensible, well-behaved yellow boy, who is plausible and can read and write."
Derived terms
- plausible deniability
- plausibility
- plausibly
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin plausibilis.
Adjective
plausible (masculine and feminine plural plausibles)
- plausible
Derived terms
- plausiblement
Further reading
- “plausible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “plausible” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “plausible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “plausible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin plausibilis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
plausible (plural plausibles)
- plausible
Further reading
- “plausible” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Adjective
plausible m or f (plural plausibles)
- plausible
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin plausibilis.
Adjective
plausible (plural plausibles)
- plausible
Further reading
- “plausible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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presumptive
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from French présomptif, from Latin praesumptivus, from praesumere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???z?mpt?v/
Adjective
presumptive (comparative more presumptive, superlative most presumptive)
- Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
- By late May, he was already considered his party's presumptive nominee.
- Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.
- Forgive me for being presumptive, but aren't you and Mark engaged?
Synonyms
- (based on presumption): likely, presumed
- (making presumptions): presumptuous
Derived terms
- presumptively
- presumptiveness
Related terms
- heir presumptive
Translations
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