Download the app
educalingo
Search

Meaning of "contestable" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF CONTESTABLE

contestable  [kənˈtɛstəb əl] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTESTABLE

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

WHAT DOES CONTESTABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of contestable in the English dictionary

The definition of contestable in the dictionary is that can be contested or challenged.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTESTABLE


accostable
əˈkɒstəb əl
adjustable
əˈdʒʌstəb əl
citable
ˈsaɪtəb əl
collectible
kəˈlɛktəb əl
comptable
ˈkɒmptəb əl
consultable
kənˈsʌltəb əl
contractible
kənˈtræktəb əl
covetable
ˈkʌvɪtəb əl
debateable
dɪˈbeɪtəb əl
demountable
diːˈmaʊntəb əl
detectable
dɪˈtɛktəb əl
dismountable
dɪsˈmaʊntəb əl
editable
ˈɛdɪtəb əl
expectable
ɪkˈspɛktəb əl
exportable
ɪkˈspɔːtəb əl
extractible
ɪkˈstræktəb əl
fermentable
fəˈmɛntəb əl
forecastable
ˈfɔːˌkɑːstəb əl
forfeitable
ˈfɔːfɪtəb əl
forgettable
fəˈɡɛtəb əl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTESTABLE

conterminal
conterminally
conterminant
conterminate
conterminous
conterminously
contessa
contesseration
contest
contestability
contestableness
contestably
contestant
contestation
contested
contester
contestingly
context
context-sensitive
contextless

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTESTABLE

able
acceptable
accountable
charitable
comfortable
inevitable
notable
on the table
palatable
portable
printable
profitable
reputable
stable
suitable
table
timetable
uncomfortable
unforgettable
unstable
vegetable

Synonyms and antonyms of contestable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «contestable» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF CONTESTABLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

可竞争
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contestable
570 millions of speakers

English

contestable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

contestable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طعن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

состязательным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contestável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

contestable
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contestable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bertanding
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

anfechtbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コンテスタブル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경합
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tranh cãi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போட்டியிடத்தக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पर्धाक्षम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tartışılabilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contendibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kontestowalne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

змагальним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contestabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διεκδικήσιμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aanvegbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utmaningsbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conte
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contestable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTESTABLE»

The term «contestable» is regularly used and occupies the 99.310 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Regularly used
54
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «contestable» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of contestable
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «contestable».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTESTABLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contestable» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contestable» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTESTABLE»

Discover the use of contestable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contestable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Contestable and Potentially Harmful Conclusions of the ...
Master's Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Law - Media, Multimedia Law, Copyright, grade: Distinction, University of Edinburgh (School of Law), course: Master Thesis in the LLM in European Law Programme, language: English, comment: ...
Veronica Hagenfeldt, 2011
2
The theory of contestable markets: applications to ...
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the application of the new theory of contestable markets to the problem of the transition to deregulation in regulated industries.
William B. Tye, 1990
3
Patently Contestable: Electrical Technologies and Inventor ...
Electrical Technologies and Inventor Identities on Trial in Britain Stathis Arapostathis, Graeme Gooday. Patently Contestable Inside Technology edited by Wiebe E. Bijker, W. Bernard Carlson,
Stathis Arapostathis, Graeme Gooday, 2013
4
Regulation and Markets
The contestable market equilibrium proposed by Baumol, Panzar, and Willig1 is closely linked to the concept of subsidy-free prices discussed in the previous chapter. A market is said to be contestable in the absence of barriers to entry.
Daniel F. Spulber, 1989
5
Industrial Organisation: Competition, Growth, and Structural ...
10.5 THE THEORY OF CONTESTABLE MARKETS So far in this chapter we have been concerned with the ways in which incumbent firms can impede the entry of competitors into their established areas of operation. In recent years great ...
Kenneth Desmond George, Caroline Joll, E. L. Lynk, 1992
6
Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences
Contestable. markets. Bailey, Elizabeth E. and Ann F. Friedlaender, “Market Structure and Multiproduct Industries”, Journal of Economic Literature, 20/3 ( September 1982): 1024–48 Baumol, William J. and Dietrich Fischer, “Cost- minimizing ...
Jonathan Michie, 2014
7
Economics in Context
The concept of contestable markets lies behind the move to privatise and deregulate transport markets. The idea is that what matters in terms of promoting efficiency and consumer sovereignty is not the actual level but the potential level of ...
Susan Grant, Chris Vidler, 2000
8
Technology, Innovation and Industrial Economics: ...
Hence, the role of sunk costs plays a critical role in determining whether a market is contestable. When entry requires substantial costs that are not recoverable (i.e. , sunk costs), entry is not completely reversible and, thus, the market is not ...
Dilmus D. James, John W. Mogab, 1998
9
Contestable Logos and Appropriate Indecorum: The Rhetorical ...
This thesis focuses on the political writings of French philosopher Jacques Ranciere and the relevance of this body of work to contemporary rhetorical scholarship.
Ethan William Stoneman, 2009
10
Regulatory and Economic Challenges in the Postal and ...
Single-piece mail is excluded from contestable volume since it would require an entrant to develop and invest in a collection and upstream infrastructure. In Cohen et al. (2004), we defined as contestable the mail that could be presorted to the ...
Michael A. Crew, Paul R. Kleindorfer, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTESTABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contestable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Reaching out to victims of 'marketisation'
Thus, today we need to articulate the space of different sections of our people in a definable and contestable manner in the design of reform. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
2
New major events sought for Auckland
The contestable baseline major events fund for 2016/17 is approximately $1.5 million. ATEED's targets for its 2016/17 major events portfolio is ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
DCC allocates funding for premier and major events
The funding round for the 2015/16 Events Contestable Fund for premier and major events attracted 17 applications, seeking a total of ... «Voxy, Jul 15»
4
Energy Department orders distributors to penalize power plant …
... due to the possible migration of its contestable customers, who have a power consumption of one megawatt (MW), within their franchise area. «InterAksyon, Jul 15»
5
SETH MONIZ, CAROLINE MARKS WIN MARQUEE DIVISIONS AT …
It wasn't the biggest Huntington ever, but it was consistently contestable, and when you have a couple hundred of the country's best young ... «Surfline.com Surf News, Jul 15»
6
Funding for more bright ideas to save waste
Regional Council Project Implementation Officer Reece Irving said the contestable fund was designed to promote the actions and initiatives of ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
7
Projects go green after budget approved
Contestable grant funding to community groups will be available and the Youth Connections model delivered locally. Silverdale is set to get its ... «Auckland stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
Biodiversity and environmental budgets weakened
And the city council put money earmarked for environmental projects into a contestable community funding pool with no guarantee it will be ... «Manawatu Standard, Jul 15»
9
Essential Energy jobs shock coming
“In the past few years they have walked away from doing contestable work, which they used to monopolise,” he said. “...We believe by taking ... «Goulburn Post, Jul 15»
10
Arbitrary term limits hinder African security
President Jimmy Carter said that he wanted an American foreign policy based on human rights, including our fostering of truly contestable ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Contestable [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/contestable>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z