different between reasonable vs imaginable
reasonable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French resnable, from Late Latin rationabilis, from Latin ratio; more at reason, -able.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??i?.z?n.?.b?l/, /??i?z.n?.b?l/
- Hyphenation: rea?son?able
Adjective
reasonable (comparative more reasonable, superlative most reasonable)
- (now rare) Having the faculty of reason; rational, reasoning.
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
- The wi?dome and under?tanding of this Bea?t, will almo?t conclude him a rea?onable creature […].
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
- Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
- Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
- a reasonable demand, amount, or price
- Not expensive; fairly priced.
- $20 a bottle is very reasonable for a good wine at a restaurant.
- Say, would you happen to know a good place for lunch in the downtown area? ... The Radisson ... Oh yah? ... Is it reasonable? - Marge Gunderson in Fargo (1996)
- Satisfactory.
- The builders did a reasonable job, given the short notice.
Synonyms
- reasonous
Antonyms
- arbitrary
- unreasonable
Derived terms
- reasonably
- reasonability
- reasonableness
Translations
reasonable From the web:
- what reasonable mean
- what reasonable doubt means
- what reasonable conclusions are possible
- what reasonable accommodation mean
- what reasonable adjustments can i ask for
- what does it mean to be reasonable
imaginable
English
Etymology
From Middle English ymaginable, from Latin im?gin?bilis; equivalent to imagine +? -able
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??mad??n?b?l/, /-n?b?l/, /??mad?n?b?l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??mæd??n?b?l/, /-n?b?l/, /??mæd?n?b?l/
Adjective
imaginable (comparative more imaginable, superlative most imaginable)
- Able to be imagined; conceivable
Antonyms
- unimaginable
Related terms
- imaginability
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
From imaginar +? -able.
Adjective
imaginable (masculine and feminine plural imaginables)
- imaginable
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ma.?i.nabl/
Adjective
imaginable (plural imaginables)
- imaginable
Further reading
- “imaginable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Adjective
imaginable
- Alternative form of ymaginable
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imaxi?nable/, [i.ma.xi?na.??le]
Adjective
imaginable (plural imaginables)
- imaginable, cogitable
imaginable From the web:
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- what does imaginable mean in spanish
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- what us imaginable
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