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Meaning of "ungraspable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNGRASPABLE

ungraspable  [ʌnˈɡrɑːspəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNGRASPABLE

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

WHAT DOES UNGRASPABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ungraspable in the English dictionary

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WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNGRASPABLE


capable
ˈkeɪpəbəl
culpable
ˈkʌlpəbəl
developable
dɪˈveləpəbəl
droppable
ˈdrɒpəbəl
escapable
ɪsˈkeɪpəbəl
graspable
ˈɡrɑːspəbəl
impalpable
ɪmˈpælpəbəl
incapable
ɪnˈkeɪpəbəl
inescapable
ˌɪnɪˈskeɪpəbəl
mappable
ˈmæpəbəl
palpable
ˈpælpəbəl
scoopable
ˈskuːpəbəl
shapeable
ˈʃeɪpəbəl
shippable
ˈʃɪpəbəl
skippable
ˈskɪpəbəl
stoppable
ˈstɒpəbəl
strippable
ˈstrɪpəbəl
unescapable
ˌʌnɪˈskeɪpəbəl
unflappable
ʌnˈflæpəbəl
unstoppable
ʌnˈstɒpəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNGRASPABLE

ungraced
ungraceful
ungracefully
ungracefulness
ungracious
ungraciously
ungraciousness
ungraded
ungrammatic
ungrammatical
ungrammatically
ungrassed
ungrateful
ungratefully
ungratefulness
ungratified
ungravely
ungrazed
ungreased
ungreedy

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNGRASPABLE

able
clippable
dippable
drapable
exculpable
extirpable
groupable
helpable
hot-swappable
inculpable
jumpable
papable
participable
reapable
recoupable
rippable
shapable
snappable
tappable
typable
worshipable

Synonyms and antonyms of ungraspable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ungraspable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNGRASPABLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

不可捉摸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inasible
570 millions of speakers

English

ungraspable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ungraspable
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ungraspable
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

непостижимое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inapreensível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ungraspable
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

insaisissable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ungraspable
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungreifbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

把握できない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ungraspable
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ungraspable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ungraspable
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ungraspable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ungraspable
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kavranamazdı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inafferrabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieuchwytne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незбагненне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ungraspable
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ungraspable
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongrypbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ogripbar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ungraspable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ungraspable

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGRASPABLE»

The term «ungraspable» is normally little used and occupies the 142.298 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGRASPABLE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNGRASPABLE»

Discover the use of ungraspable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ungraspable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Dogen and the Koan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts
As past mind is ungraspable, present mind is ungraspable, and future mind is ungraspable, where is the mind (shin) that now makes the rice cakes used for refreshment (ten)1. In that case, the old woman could confront Te-shan by saying, You ...
Steven Heine, 1994
2
Opening a Mountain : Koans of the Zen Masters: Koans of the ...
Or, to be even more effective, he could have turned the tables on the woman by inquiring, "As past mind is ungras- pable, present mind is ungraspable, and future mind is ungraspable, where is the mind [hsin] that now makes the rice cakes ...
Steven Heine Professor of Religious Studies and History Florida International University, 2002
3
Our Human Hearts: A Medical and Cultural Journey
"UNGRASPABLE. PHANTOM". Essays. on. Moby-Dick. Edited by John Bryant, Mary K. Bercaw Edwards, and Timothy Marr A collection of esssays presented at the sesquicentenary Moby-Dick conference "In presenting this volume of essays  ...
Albert Howard Carter, 2006
4
Treasury of the True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Shobo Genzo
It is possible that she had heard of ungraspable mind and asked this question, thinking that mind is ineffable. If Deshanhad been fully awakened,he would have been able to respond anddiscern whether the oldwoman was a personoftrue ...
Zen Master Dogen, Kazuaki Tanahashi
5
Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
effective, he could have turned the tables on the woman by inquiring, “As past mind is ungraspable, present mind is ungraspable, and future mind is ungraspable, where isthe mind that nowmakes the rice cakes used for refreshment?” Then ...
Richard K. Payne, Taigen Dan Leighton, 2006
6
The Paradoxical Breakthrough of Revelation: Interpreting the ...
6 The Ungraspable [or, Incomprehensible] The Ungraspable [das Unbegreifliche] is the Concept [lit., "that which is grasped, " der Begriff],- it [i.e., the concept] is precondition and limit of the system. The intentionally-paradoxical formulation of  ...
Uwe Carsten Scharf, 1999
7
Nots
The inaccessible . . . the unavoidable . . . the ungraspable. To recu- O perate is to recover, but to recover is to re-cover the irrecuperable. The c irrecuperable is, of course, ungraspable. "Recuperate" derives from the stem kap, which means ...
Mark C. Taylor, 1993
8
The Religious Traditions of Japan 500-1600
Perhaps the best example of this is the essay 'The ungraspable mind' ( Sliinfnkatoku 'L-'f, - i !Jf '.}.). which deals with the case of the Zen master Deshan ' $, lll, an expert on the Diamond sutra, who stopped one day to buy some refreshments ...
Richard Bowring, 2005
9
The Book of Equanimity: Illuminating Classic Zen Koans
The Diamond Sutra says, “The mind of the past is ungraspable. The mind of the present is ungraspable. The mind of the future is ungraspable.” With our discriminating mind, it's obvious that the mind of the past is ungraspable, because it's the ...
Gerry Shishin Wick, 2005
10
The Stoics Reader: Selected Writings and Testimonia
And if there is no grasping, everything will be ungraspable. Everything being ungraspable, it will follow, even according to the Stoics, that the wise man suspends judgment. 156. Let us consider the matter in this way. Since everything is ...
Brad Inwood, Lloyd P. Gerson, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNGRASPABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ungraspable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
"Paper Towns" review: "Towns" improves upon "The Fault In Our …
... mood of anticipation and regret, as his characters struggle to take hold of the fleeting, ungraspable moment. Whether it's focusing on sweet, nervous courtship, ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
2
The Trial review – Kafka made bland and babbling
But it is the shape-changing, all-embracing, ungraspable nature of the cloud that haunts K that makes the persecution so memorable. More damaging are the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Kuniyoshi captures intersectionality
During his second and more worldly period, his art hints at an ungraspable sophistication. Finally, his late work is fixated on disillusionment and demise. «The Georgetown Voice, Apr 15»
4
Inside the Mind of Poetry
Wallace Stevens' greatness lay in his ability to produce these kinds of anti-aphorisms, seemingly wise but ultimately ungraspable: Thought is false happiness. «The Smart Set, Apr 15»
5
The 'Cat Mantra': How Astronomers Handle an Ungraspable
A lot of people ask me if being an astronomer changes the way I look at life. To some degree, I guess there's no way it couldn't. There's a lot you have to let go of ... «Space.com, Apr 15»
6
三重発4人組インスト・バンド、tioが5月にニューアルバムをリリース!
KYOTOPOWER MUSIC♪』4~5月AirPlay曲に決定した「ungraspable」をはじめ ... また、アルバムリリースに先がけて4月22日にシングル「ungraspable」など全3曲の ... «T-SITEニュース, Mar 15»
7
Patrick Modiano accepts Nobel prize, confident of literature's future
Modiano, whose prize was awarded for his evocations of the past, for “the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»
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Patrick Modiano accepts the Nobel, speaks of memory and oblivion
Concerning my books, you were kind enough to allude to "the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies." But this ... «Los Angeles Times, Dec 14»
9
Rafaël Rozendaal's playful, poetic artworks come with a paradox
The images are visually ungraspable. Mark Rothko could only dream of such sympathetic vibrations. lRelated DeLoss McGraw: Dream-like escapism full of ... «Los Angeles Times, Nov 14»
10
The world of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Patrick …
The judges say he won 'for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation'. «ABC Online, Nov 14»

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