"advisability" meaning in All languages combined

See advisability on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ædˌvaɪz.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-advisability.wav [US] Forms: advisabilities [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English advisable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English advisability From advisable + -ity. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|advisable|-ity|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English advisable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English advisability [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ty", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ts", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-teh₂ts", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-itās", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-ite", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ity", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "advisability", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="advisability"> From advisable + -ity. Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} advisability (usually uncountable, plural advisabilities)
  1. (uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: advisableness Translations (the quality of being prudent): aconselhabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), recomendabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), conveniencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-advisability-en-noun-LaH-3L9e Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 91 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'the quality of being prudent': 100 0
  2. (countable) An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability. Tags: countable, usually
    Sense id: en-advisability-en-noun-oF3WVqRa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: advisedness (english: considered plesionymic by some users)

Inflected forms

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