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Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me.
Tibor Fischer

Meaning of "amicable" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AMICABLE

From Late Latin amīcābilis, from Latin amīcus friend; related to amāre to love.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AMICABLE

amicable  [ˈæmɪkəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMICABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amicable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AMICABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amicable numbers

Amicable numbers are two different numbers so related that the sum of the proper divisors of each is equal to the other number. A pair of amicable numbers constitutes an aliquot sequence of period 2. A related concept is that of a perfect number, which is a number that equals the sum of its own proper divisors, in other words a number which forms an aliquot sequence of period 1. Numbers that are members of an aliquot sequence with period greater than 2 are known as sociable numbers. For example, the smallest pair of amicable numbers is; for the proper divisors of 220 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110, of which the sum is 284; and the proper divisors of 284 are 1, 2, 4, 71 and 142, of which the sum is 220. The first few amicable pairs are:, , , , .

Definition of amicable in the English dictionary

The definition of amicable in the dictionary is characterized by friendliness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMICABLE


applicable
ˈæplɪkəbəl
breakable
ˈbreɪkəbəl
clickable
ˈklɪkəbəl
communicable
kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl
despicable
dɪˈspɪkəbəl
explicable
ˈɛksplɪkəbəl
impracticable
ɪmˈpræktɪkəbəl
inapplicable
ɪnˈæplɪkəbəl
inexplicable
ˌɪnɪkˈsplɪkəbəl
likable
ˈlaɪkəbəl
likeable
ˈlaɪkəbəl
masticable
ˈmæstɪkəbəl
practicable
ˈpræktɪkəbəl
predicable
ˈprɛdɪkəbəl
unbreakable
ʌnˈbreɪkəbəl
unlikable
ʌnˈlaɪkəbəl
unlikeable
ʌnˈlaɪkəbəl
unmistakable
ˌʌnmɪsˈteɪkəbəl
unmistakeable
ˌʌnmɪsˈteɪkəbəl
unshakable
ʌnˈʃeɪkəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMICABLE

amia
amiability
amiable
amiableness
amiably
amianthine
amianthoid
amianthoidal
amianthus
amiantus
amicability
amicableness
amicably
amice
AMIChemE
amici curiae
amicus
amicus curiae
amid

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMICABLE

able
allocable
brake cable
cable
coaxial cable
duplicable
educable
extension cable
impeccable
implacable
incommunicable
ineradicable
inextricable
invocable
irrevocable
jumper cable
placable
power cable
revocable
transmission cable
vocable

Synonyms and antonyms of amicable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AMICABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «amicable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of amicable

Translation of «amicable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMICABLE

Find out the translation of amicable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amicable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amicable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

友好的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

amigable
570 millions of speakers

English

amicable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सौहार्दपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وديا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дружная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amigável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amical
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baik hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

freundschaftlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

友好的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우호적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amicable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hòa giải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நட்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोयीस्कर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dostane
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amichevole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polubownego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дружна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe cale amiabilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φιλικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vriendskaplike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vänskap
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minnelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amicable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMICABLE»

The term «amicable» is quite widely used and occupies the 45.791 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMICABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amicable

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3 QUOTES WITH «AMICABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word amicable.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Every year, millions of people from Iran and Iraq travel to each other's countries, and we also have marriages between Iraqis and Iranians. Many Iranians were born in Iraq, and many Iraqis were born in Iran. This is a kind of special, cordial amicable ties.
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Tibor Fischer
Some years ago, I fired my agent, Andrew Wylie, alias The Jackal. I want to stress this wasn't an amicable parting of the ways or a hankering on my part for fresh representation. I fired him because his agency wasn't doing enough for me.
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Natalie Zea
My parents divorced when I was very, very young, but they maintained an incredibly amicable relationship. They were great partners, they were great parents, and they were great friends throughout my whole life until I was about 25, at which point they realized that they could relinquish; they could call it and move on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMICABLE»

Discover the use of amicable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amicable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Perfect, Amicable, and Sociable Numbers: A Computational ...
In Chapter 3, we shall introduce some simple methods for finding perfect, amicable and sociable numbers, namely the exhaustive numerical methods. It is interesting to note that there are many different types of amicable and perfect numbers, ...
Song Y. Yan, 1996
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CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics, Second Edition
68. Amicable. Pair. 220=11 5 22 284 = 71 • 22 giving RESTRICTED DIVISOR FUNCTIONS (6) (6) s(220) = ^{1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55, 110} = 284 (7) s( 284) = The quantity , 2, 4, 71, 142} = 220. (8) o-(m) = ff(n) = s(m) + s(n), (9) in this  ...
Eric W. Weisstein, 2002
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The Charter-Party; Or, Articles of Agreement of the ...
Amicable-Annuity-Company (DUBLIN). [13] I XIV.- Iz'em, 'That no Law shallbe enacted the same Day- it is proposed, unless it comes recommended by the unanimous Approbation of the Corn-3 rmttee. - XV. Item, That the Half-yearly Meetings, ...
Amicable-Annuity-Company (DUBLIN), 1754
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Letters to the Jews; inviting them to an amicable discussion ...
Joseph Priestley. ' HESE Letters are printed chiefly to ' - be distributed among the Jews ; and if there should appear to be any prospect ef their 'answeringuthre end fer which they Were compbsedsth'e'y wilf beztrgn'fiated into H£6r'e_'w ...
Joseph Priestley, 1787
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The Amicable Quixote; Or, the Enthusiasm of Friendship
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Anon, LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2008
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An Answer to the Amicable Accommodation of the Difference ...
And yet our Author,after all his pretences to an Amicable Accommodation, is unwilling the matter should end thus, at least unless we will- acknowledge our selves very much beholden to his good nature-for it: Why, what is the matter nowz  ...
William Sherlock, 1686
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Elementary Number Theory in Nine Chapters
In 1742, Euler devised a method for generating amicable pairs. At that time, only three pairs of amicable numbers were known. He listed 30 new pairs of amicable numbers in On Amicable Numbers and eight years later found 59 more pairs.
James Joseph Tattersall, 1999
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Amicable Agreement Versus Majority Rule: Conflict Resolution ...
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Jurg Steiner, 2011
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Letters to the Jews Inviting Them to an Amicable Discussion ...
1794. This volume contains five letters entitled: of the peculiar privileges of the Jewish Nation, and the causes of their prejudices against Christianity; of the present dispersed and calamitous state of the Jewish Nation; of the ...
Joseph Priestley, 2003
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The Elements of a New Arithmetical Notation: And of a New ...
And of a New Arithmetic of Infinites:in Two Books ... with an Appendix Concerning Some Properties of Perfect, Amicable, and Other Numbers... Thomas Taylor. 142 * APPENDIX. after the first three, this is obvious by merely inspecting the ...
Thomas Taylor, 1823

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMICABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amicable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Sun TV surges over report of amicable decision on security clearance
NEW DELHI: Shares of Sun TV surged as much as 5.85 per cent in intraday trade on Monday, after I&B Ministry sources told ET Now that ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
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Sensex ends day 116 points up, Nifty above 8520; Vedanta slips 5 …
Sun TV surged about 6% in intraday trade over report of amicable decision on security clearance. Intrasoft Technologies gained 20 per cent in ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
3
Calgary Stampede order to vendors to pull confederate flag …
“Our understanding was that they seemed all amicable to taking them off the shelf.” As a result of the Sun's inquiry into the matter Sunday, ... «Calgary Sun, Jul 15»
4
Tax reforms a must to create amicable atmosphere for business
Tax reforms are must to bring an amicable atmosphere for business and investment in country. Measures like attachment of account and raids ... «Business Recorder, Jul 15»
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Amicable split for Honeypie, Palimino, Comet Cafe ownership group
But not to fret — the separation is perfectly amicable, according to the owners, and will result in one thing nearly everyone can agree on: more ... «Milwaukee Business Journal, Jul 15»
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Intrepid and Tui part ways in 'amicable' PEAK split
Speaking exclusively to TTG in Melbourne, group CEO of Intrepid Group Darrell Wade described the split from Tui as “amicable” and attributed ... «TTG Digital, Jul 15»
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Police official: No to amicable settlement with Binay
A POLICE official who figured in a scuffle with Vice President Jejomar Binay said Thursday he has no plans of dropping the charges he is ... «Sun.Star, Jul 15»
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Trust Bank and Cypriote firm seek amicable agreement in $41 mln …
MOSCOW, July 2 (RAPSI) - The preliminary hearings of a lawsuit filed by Trust Bank to collect over 2.3 billion rubles ($41 mln) from Belenfield ... «RAPSI, Jul 15»
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Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Martin Split: Break-up Amicable; Jen …
It would seem that "Hunger Games" star Jennifer Lawrence, and "Coldplay" frontman, Chris Martin, are not meant to be. Rumors that the couple ... «Latinos Health, Jul 15»
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Ben Affleck And Jennifer Garner's Divorce Is Entirely Amicable
The couple announced their split after a decade of marriage yesterday, but sources insist that the break-up is "not contentious" in any way. «Contactmusic.com, Jul 15»

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