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PRONUNCIATION OF RETRENCHABLE

retrenchable  [rɪˈtrɛntʃəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RETRENCHABLE

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

WHAT DOES RETRENCHABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of retrenchable in the English dictionary

The definition of retrenchable in the dictionary is able to be reduced.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RETRENCHABLE


approachable
əˈprəʊtʃəbəl
crunchable
ˈkrʌntʃəbəl
irreproachable
ˌɪrɪˈprəʊtʃəbəl
munchable
ˈmʌntʃəbəl
quenchable
ˈkwentʃəbəl
reachable
ˈriːtʃəbəl
searchable
ˈsɜːtʃəbəl
stanchable
ˈstɑːntʃəbəl
staunchable
ˈstɔːntʃəbəl
stretchable
ˈstrɛtʃəbəl
switchable
ˈswɪtʃəbəl
teachable
ˈtiːtʃəbəl
unimpeachable
ˌʌnɪmˈpiːtʃəbəl
unquenchable
ʌnˈkwɛntʃəbəl
unreachable
ʌnˈriːtʃəbəl
unstanchable
ʌnˈstɑːntʃəbəl
unstaunchable
ʌnˈstɔːntʃəbəl
untouchable
ʌnˈtʌtʃəbəl
unwatchable
ʌnˈwɒtʃəbəl
watchable
ˈwɒtʃəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RETRENCHABLE

retranslation
retransmission
retransmit
retread
retreat
retreatant
retreater
retreating
retree
retrench
retrenchment
retrial
retribute
retribution
retributive
retributively
retributor
retributory
retried
retries

WORDS THAT END LIKE RETRENCHABLE

able
attachable
breathable
catchable
coachable
crushable
detachable
distinguishable
fishable
indistinguishable
laughable
machine washable
nonperishable
perishable
polishable
publishable
punishable
touchable
unmatchable
unsearchable
washable

Synonyms and antonyms of retrenchable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

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TRANSLATION OF RETRENCHABLE

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Translator English - Chinese

retrenchable
1,325 millions of speakers

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retrenchable
570 millions of speakers

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retrenchable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

retrenchable
380 millions of speakers
ar

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retrenchable
280 millions of speakers

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retrenchable
278 millions of speakers

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retrenchable
270 millions of speakers

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retrenchable
260 millions of speakers

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retrenchable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Retrenchable
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

retrenchable
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

retrenchable
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

retrenchable
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Retrenchable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

retrenchable
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

retrenchable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तात्पुरते
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

retrenchable
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

retrenchable
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

retrenchable
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

retrenchable
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

retrenchable
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

retrenchable
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

retrenchable
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

retrenchable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

retrenchable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of retrenchable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RETRENCHABLE»

The term «retrenchable» is used very little and occupies the 174.378 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RETRENCHABLE»

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Earth Ways: Framing Geographical Meanings
In discussing what he calls "the retrenchable now," G. E. L. Owen has also noticed something like this act of enumeration in Aristotle's account,26 but Owen still argues for the parallel between temporal magnitude and spatial extension.
Gary Backhaus, John Murungi, 2004
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Opere psicologiche di Galeno. Atti del 3o Colloquio galenico ...
Let us say, for short, that " here " is retrenchable ». " Now ", similarly, can for isomorphic reasons pick out a month or an hour or a day — a stretch of time as short as the specious present (Posidonius in Tl1) or as long as a year ( Apollodorus in ...
Jonathan Barnes, Mario Mignucci, 1988
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A Chronological Introduction to the History of the Church: ...
The Triacas, or thirtieth day, was not always the day to be retrenched, but the day which fell after the 63 was called the retrenchable day. In In the 235' this period the months seem to be well selected, and the intercalary' months to be arranged  ...
Samuel Farmar Jarvis, 1845
4
The United Service Magazine
All superfluous and retrenchable expenses, the results of their own system for the Institution, should be borne by the Company as a public charge, instead of being made the ground of exacting a larger payment from the Cadet than he can in ...
Arthur William Alsager Pollock, 1853
5
Papers in Hellenistic Philosophy
(1988) 'The retrenchable present', in Matter and Metaphysics, ed. J. Barnes and M. Mignucci (Naples), pp. 329-74. Schofield, M., Burnyeat, M. and Barnes, J. (edd .) (I980) Doubt and Dogmatism (Oxford). Searle, J .R. (I958/67) 'Proper names', ...
Jacques Brunschwig, 1994
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Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism
[1984]: Philosophy in History (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) SCHOF1ELD, Malcolm [1983]: The Syllogisms of Zeno of Citium', Phronesis 28, 31-58 [1988]: The retrenchable present', in BARNES and M1GNUCC1 [1988] [ 1991]: The ...
Sextus Empiricus, Julia Annas, Jonathan Barnes, 2000
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Event and World
On the difficulties in translating these verbs, difficulties I make no claim to settle, see Goldschmidt, ''Huparkhein et huphistanai dans la philosophie stoı ̈cienne,'' and Malcolm Schofield, ''The Retrenchable Present,'' in Matter and Metaphysics,  ...
Claude Romano, 2009
8
The Nation, the State, and Indian Identity
justment and its consequences, namely, unemployment, breaking down the difference between temporary, permanent and contract workers by making them more easily retrenchable and less organized, forcing workers from the organized  ...
Madhusree Dutta, Flavia, Neera Adarkar, 1996
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The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
'The Retrenchable Present', in Barnes and Mignucci (1988), 329-74- ,(1991). The Stoic Idea of the City (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), Repr. (1999) with new epilogue. (1999a). 'Social and political thought', in Algra et al. (1999) ...
Brad Inwood, 2003
10
Politeia in Greek and Roman Philosophy
(1988) 'The Retrenchable Present', in Matter and Metaphysics, eds. Barnes and M. Mignucci. Naples: 329—74. (1990) 'Ideology and Philosophy in Aristotle's Theory of Slavery', in Aristoteles' 'Politik', ed. G. Patzig. Gottingen: 1—27; reprinted ...
Verity Harte, Melissa Lane, 2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RETRENCHABLE»

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Funding Our Enemies, and Making "Miss Baghdad"
But the line, border, between Iraq and Syria is there for all to see and not retrenchable, at least for the time being. Confusion and quandary! The US soldier ... «Town Hall, Jun 14»

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