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It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.
Anibal Cavaco Silva

Meaning of "governable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOVERNABLE

governable  [ˈɡʌvənəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOVERNABLE

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

WHAT DOES GOVERNABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of governable in the English dictionary

The definition of governable in the dictionary is able to be governed. Other definition of governable is able to be restrained or controlled.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GOVERNABLE


actionable
ˈækʃənəbəl
companionable
kəmˈpænjənəbəl
fashionable
ˈfæʃənəbəl
fissionable
ˈfɪʃənəbəl
impressionable
ɪmˈprɛʃənəbəl
inalienable
ɪnˈeɪljənəbəl
listenable
ˈlɪsənəbəl
objectionable
əbˈdʒɛkʃənəbəl
ovenable
ˈʌvənəbəl
pensionable
ˈpɛnʃənəbəl
personable
ˈpɜːsənəbəl
questionable
ˈkwɛstʃənəbəl
reasonable
ˈriːzənəbəl
treasonable
ˈtriːzənəbəl
unalienable
ʌnˈeɪljənəbəl
unconscionable
ʌnˈkɒnʃənəbəl
ungovernable
ʌnˈɡʌvənəbəl
unmentionable
ʌnˈmɛnʃənəbəl
unquestionable
ʌnˈkwɛstʃənəbəl
unseasonable
ʌnˈsiːzənəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOVERNABLE

govern
governability
governableness
governall
governance
governante
governess
governessy
governing
governing body
governing class
governing principle
government
Government Accountability Office
government action
government bond
Government Broker
government corporation
government department
government expenditure

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOVERNABLE

able
abominable
amenable
assignable
attainable
convenable
enable
explainable
imaginable
interminable
obtainable
returnable
sustainable
tunable
turnable
unable
unattainable
unimaginable
unreasonable
unsustainable
untenable

Synonyms and antonyms of governable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «governable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOVERNABLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

支配
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gobernable
570 millions of speakers

English

governable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शासन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

للحكم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

управляемым
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

governável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কর্তব্যপরায়ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gouvernable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Boleh dipimpin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

regierbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

統治できる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

통치
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Governable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có thể cai trị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆளும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शासनाचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

idare edilebilir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

docile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

governable
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

керованим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

guvernabilă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διακυβερνήσιμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bestuurbaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

governable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

governable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of governable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOVERNABLE»

The term «governable» is normally little used and occupies the 129.577 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOVERNABLE» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «GOVERNABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word governable.
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Anibal Cavaco Silva
It is important to show our European partners that Portugal is a governable country.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOVERNABLE»

Discover the use of governable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to governable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Governable places: readings on governmentality and crime control
Bringing together the work of leading researchers in the new field of governmentality studies and crime control, this book deals with key theoretical and methodological issues now being addressed by researchers in the field, while also ...
Russell Charles Smandych, 1999
2
An Opportunity for a Different Peru: Prosperous, Equitable, ...
This book aims at making a technical and independent contribution to such debate; it summarizes the knowledge available about the challenges to be faced by the new administration.
Marcelo Giugale, Vicente Fretes Cibils, 2007
3
Making Wicked Problems Governable?: The Case of Managed ...
The Case of Managed Networks in Health Care Louise Fitzgerald, Gerry McGivern, Sue Dopson, Chris Bennett. Table 12.1. The Networks and wicked problems Network Cross-Cutting Range of Stakeholders Networks' Behaviour ...
Louise Fitzgerald, Gerry McGivern, Sue Dopson, 2013
4
Sustainable Hunting: The Production of Governable Space ...
This is due to the pervasiveness of instrumentality that elucidates similar ontological and structural mechanisms for social interaction across environmental INGOs.
Nels R. Paulson, 2009
5
Kinship by Design: A History of Adoption in the Modern ...
Making adoption safe required making adoption governable. To manage adoption effectively, participants in the process had to become willing objects of knowledge and recipients of help, both characteristic features of welfare states bent on ...
Ellen Herman, 2009
6
Organizational Studies: Selves and subjects
42. ACCOUNTING. AND. THE. CONSTRUCTION. OF. THE. GOVERNABLE. PERSON. Peter Miller and Ted O'Leary Source: Accounting, Organizations and Society 12(3) (1987): 235-65 Abstract The concern of the paper is historical.
‎2001
7
Powers of Freedom: Reframing Political Thought
Governable spaces Governing does not just act on a pre-existing thought world with its natural divisions. To govern is to cut experience in certain ways, to distribute attractions and repulsions, passions and fears across it, to bring new facets ...
Nikolas Rose, 1999
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The Dictionary of Human Geography
31). This involves 'the making up of governable spaces: populations, nations, societies, economies, classes, families, schools, factories, individuals' (1991, p. 31). Governable spaces are not, however, 'fabricated counter to experience'. On the ...
Derek Gregory, Ron Johnston, Geraldine Pratt, 2011
9
Sustainable Hunting: The Production of Governable Space ...
These works are packaged and produced by BiblioLabs under license by ProQuest UMI.
Nels R Paulson, 2011
10
The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the ...
governable The causes of these effects remain unknown, so as not to be governable by lmmau means. Bacon, Physical Fables, x., Expl. note. It [the storm] came on very tierce, and we kept right before the wind and sea, the wind still increasing ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1889

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOVERNABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term governable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Chief prefers small-town policing over big-city living
In a small town, as a police officer, you have to be proactive and self-governable because if you are not, it will eat your lunch and the next thing ... «Belleville News-Democrat, Jul 15»
2
Jim Grimsley: As the South Looks Backward
... and that it does so by some process that is neither rational nor governable. The white South is still a source of racist atrocities because many ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
3
Growing pains
'The megacities of the global south aren't governed or governable in the way that Tokyo or London or New York are governed. The things we're familiar with ... «Geographical, Jul 15»
4
How to Beat ISIS: Divide Syria Into Parts
But in the short term, the ambitions would be lower—to make these zones defensible and governable, to help provide relief for populations ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
5
Did Prime Minister Lee mean “Natural Aristocracy” or “Aristocracy”?
Resort may be had to the people of the country, a more governable power from their principles and subordination; and rank, and birth, and ... «The Online Citizen, Jul 15»
6
Supreme Court ruling reaffirms the power of voters, not politicians
The state is becoming governable again. We can't let a legislature run rampant. They're the worst people to vest redistricting power in. - Kathay ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
7
Deconstructing Syria: A new strategy for America's most hopeless war
But in the short term, the ambitions would be lower—to make these zones defensible and governable, to help provide relief for populations ... «Brookings Institution, Jun 15»
8
US Presidential campaign 2016: Republican Governor Chris …
This state is not governable?'” Republican presidential nominations. As supporters grasped signs with the slogan, 'Christie 2015, Tell It Like It ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
9
Time for a Canada Day pledge
It took us all of this time since 1867 to learn that we can never be a wholly governable nation-state until we reconcile significant issues with First ... «Cape Breton Post, Jun 15»
10
Datameer Adds End-to-End Data Governance Capabilities to …
Datameer's big data governance upgrades look to deliver to customers a “robust, governable big data architecture” that can ensure enterprise-grade data ... «Integration Developers, Jun 15»

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