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I'd read 'Paradise Lost' as an undergrad at university but remembered little about it. No, not true: I remembered few details, but carried with me with the persuasive arguments and pitiable dilemma of its arguable protagonist, Satan.
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Meaning of "arguable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ARGUABLE

arguable  [ˈɑːɡjʊəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ARGUABLE

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

WHAT DOES ARGUABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Argument

In logic and philosophy, an argument is an attempt to persuade someone of something, by giving reasons for accepting a particular conclusion as evident. The general form of an argument in a natural language is that of premises in support of a claim: the conclusion. The structure of some arguments can also be set out in a formal language, and formally defined "arguments" can be made independently of natural language arguments, as in math, logic and computer science. In a typical deductive argument, the premises are meant to provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion, while in an inductive argument, they are thought to provide reasons supporting the conclusion's probable truth. The standards for evaluating non-deductive arguments may rest on different or additional criteria than truth, for example, the persuasiveness of so-called "indispensability claims" in transcendental arguments, the quality of hypotheses in retroduction, or even the disclosure of new possibilities for thinking and acting. The standards and criteria used in evaluating arguments and their forms of reasoning are studied in logic.

Definition of arguable in the English dictionary

The definition of arguable in the dictionary is capable of being disputed; doubtful. Other definition of arguable is capable of being supported by argument; plausible.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ARGUABLE


allowable
əˈlaʊəbəl
continuable
kənˈtɪnjʊəbəl
growable
ˈɡrəʊəbəl
inarguable
ɪnˈɑːɡjʊəbəl
invaluable
ɪnˈvæljʊəbəl
issuable
ˈɪʃjʊəbəl
knowable
ˈnəʊəbəl
perpetuable
pəˈpetjʊəbəl
ploughable
ˈplaʊəbəl
reissuable
riːˈɪʃjʊəbəl
rescuable
ˈrɛskjʊəbəl
sewable
ˈsəʊəbəl
stowable
ˈstəʊəbəl
superannuable
ˌsuːpəˈrænjʊəbəl
towable
ˈtəʊəbəl
unallowable
ˌʌnəˈlaʊəbəl
unarguable
ʌnˈɑːɡjʊəbəl
unknowable
ʌnˈnəʊəbəl
unvaluable
ʌnˈvæljʊəbəl
valuable
ˈvæljʊəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARGUABLE

arguably
argue
argue the toss
arguer
argufied
argufier
argufies
argufy
arguing
argulus
argument
argument from design
argumentation
argumentative
argumentatively
argumentativeness
argumentive
argumentum
argumentum ad hominem

WORDS THAT END LIKE ARGUABLE

able
accruable
affordable
applicable
available
cable
colliquable
comfortable
construable
equable
evaluable
fatiguable
inconstruable
inequable
liquable
pursuable
suable
subduable
unequable
unsubduable

Synonyms and antonyms of arguable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ARGUABLE»

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

Translation of «arguable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ARGUABLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

值得商榷
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

discutible
570 millions of speakers

English

arguable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

arguable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قابل للجدل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

утверждать,
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

discutível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তর্কযোগ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

discutable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boleh dibantah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vertretbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

論証できる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

논쟁의 여지가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Arguable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cai được
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விவாதிக்கத்தக்கது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विसंगत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tartışılabilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

discutibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dyskusyjne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стверджувати ,
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

discutabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συζητήσιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onseker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

diskutabel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

arguable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of arguable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ARGUABLE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ARGUABLE» OVER TIME

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

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2 QUOTES WITH «ARGUABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word arguable.
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David Attenborough
There is no question that climate change is happening; the only arguable point is what part humans are playing in it.
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Andrew Pyper
I'd read 'Paradise Lost' as an undergrad at university but remembered little about it. No, not true: I remembered few details, but carried with me with the persuasive arguments and pitiable dilemma of its arguable protagonist, Satan.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARGUABLE»

Discover the use of arguable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to arguable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Internet Law and Regulation
Article 5(3)—the impact of the English good arguable case requirement That will be tempered in England by the fact that the claimant must demonstrate a good arguable case that the terms of Art.5 are satisfied.75 He must also establish that ...
Graham J. H. Smith, 2007
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Tort Law and Human Rights
when the threshold test of establishing an arguable claim in domestic law (thus engaging Article 6) had not been met. Gearty has argued that: “it was clear enough from the Court's reasoning [in Ashingdane] that this test could only apply where ...
Jane Wright, 2001
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Jacobs, White & Ovey: The European Convention on Human Rights
The Strasbourg Court requires the applicant to show only an arguable case in order to be able to complain ofa violation of Article 13. The Klass case16 concerned the availability of secret surveillance in Germany. The applicants complained ...
Clare Ovey, 2010
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Eighth International Colloquy on the European Convention on ...
4.3 No "arguable claim" In this respect, one specific issue should be discussed which has troubled Commission and Court in recent years. This concerns the relationship of the notion "manifestly ill-founded" and the notion "arguable claim"  ...
‎1997
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Understanding Human Rights Principles
"ARGUABLE" RIGHTS The Court has frequently repeated that there must be an arguable right in domestic law as well as an arguable dispute.25 This is distinct from the question of whether or not the right is a "civil" right for the purposes of the  ...
Jeffrey L. Jowell, Jonathan Cooper, 2001
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Annotated Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act
The designated member of the PAB hearing the leave application is not required to use the words "arguable case" in reaching his decision, where the reasons demonstrate that the designated member concluded that the new evidence ...
Gordon Killeen, 2009
7
Master Tax Examples 2010/11
As a result of an audit, the Commissioner of Taxation assessed Pipe Co on the profit on disposal of the equipment and applied a penalty of 25% for lack of a reasonably arguable position. Advise Pipe Co of the course of action it should take.
CCH Australia, Limited, 2011
8
All White's Not White
In the court of appeal, two honourable judges decide first whether the application for a leave to appeal is permissible on the merit of arguable point of law, but they are not entitled to pass any ruling on each arguable point of law. If they pass ...
Sisir Kumar Saha, 2011
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Blackstone's Civil Practice 2013: The Commentary
Ltd v Romanian Bank for Foreign Trade [1989] 1 All ER 1189 (a case on service outside the jurisdiction), it was said that a judge considering whether there is a good arguable case must reach a provisional or tentative conclusion on all the ...
Prof Stuart Sime, Derek French, 2012
10
Intellectual Property and Private International Law
The standard of proof applicable in such circumstances remains that ofa good arguable case. In so far as the merits have already been gone into at the stage of establishing a ground for service out, it is no longer necessary to make a separate ...
James J. Fawcett, Paul Torremans, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARGUABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term arguable is used in the context of the following news items.
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Let's cut taxes for people at the top and the bottom
Everyone else would have taken a bigger share of the swag, because virtually every other nation, with the arguable exception of Belgium, was ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Boris Johnson Argues For Cutting 45p Tax Rate And Introducing …
Everyone else would have taken a bigger share of the swag, because virtually every other nation, with the arguable exception of Belgium, was ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
3
German's Highest-Ranking Prosecutor on the Legality of Drone …
Moreover, he concludes any arguable disadvantage is offset by the fact that drones can gather information on their target for extended periods ... «Just Security, Jul 15»
4
Headstone error etched into history
Of course, it's arguable whether Shiel ever reached prominence. He has been described as an obscure member of Congress, where he served ... «Statesman Journal, Jul 15»
5
HSBC outlines five supporting factors for European equities once …
It said that while there has been no policy response from the ECB as yet, arguable one of the biggest takeaways from the Eurozone crisis was ... «DIGITALLOOK, Jul 15»
6
SACP has no principled bite while it plays lapdog to ANC
... SACP could do well in elections, and until it contests elections independently, it is arguable that it has little real support in the working class. «BDlive, Jul 15»
7
TV Review: True Detective: Season 2: Episode 3 (SPOILERS)
While the arguable focus of the last few episodes, we don't learn too much more about McAdams' Bezzerides. There is one scene involving her ... «JoBlo.com, Jul 15»
8
Jeff Thompson: Don't treat sanitation like garbage
It is arguable that a contractor could be a better job than the city, but at what cost? Remarkably, with a few exceptions, trash is being collected ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»
9
Mayoral money for nothing
It is certainly fairly arguable that this arrangement may strike members of the public as constituting a misapplication of public monies'. «Law Gazette, Jul 15»
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Hawkin's Bazaar on the retro movement and why selfie-sticks have a …
It is, therefore, arguable that items don't get much more quirky than the latest craze to hit the selfie-generation, the Selfie Stick. The item has ... «Toy News, Jul 15»

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