"arguable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈɑːɡjuəbl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑɹɡjuəbl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-arguable.wav Forms: more arguable [comparative], most arguable [superlative]
Etymology: From argue + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|argue|able}} argue + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} arguable (comparative more arguable, superlative most arguable)
  1. That can be argued; that can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.
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  2. (colloquial) Open to doubt, argument or debate. Tags: colloquial Translations (defensible in an argument): arguïble (Catalan), verdedigbaar (Dutch), defendebla (Esperanto), perusteltavissa (Finnish), défendable (French), justifiable (French), soutenable (French), bestreitbar (German), bizonyítható (Hungarian), argumentável [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), argumentabil [masculine] (Romanian), доказу́емый (dokazújemyj) (Russian), tartışmalı (Turkish) Translations (open to argument): discutible (Catalan), betwistbaar (Dutch), argumentebla (Esperanto), kiistanalainen (Finnish), discutable (French), vitatható (Hungarian), argumentebla (Ido), disputàbile (Italian), opinabile (Italian), so-arganeagh (Manx), discutível [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), debatível (Portuguese), спо́рный (spórnyj) (Russian), discutible (Spanish), diskutabel (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-arguable-en-adj-xOKRiRij Disambiguation of 'defensible in an argument': 16 84 Disambiguation of 'open to argument': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: arguably, inarguable, unarguable
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