"biddable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more biddable [comparative], most biddable [superlative]
Etymology: bid + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|bid|able}} bid + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} biddable (comparative more biddable, superlative most biddable)
  1. Docile, amenable or compliant. Translations (Docile, amenable or compliant): послушен (poslušen) (Bulgarian), покорен (pokoren) (Bulgarian), hölläluonteinen (Finnish), so-choyrlaghey (Manx)
    Sense id: en-biddable-en-adj-kHlvygqg Disambiguation of 'Docile, amenable or compliant': 100 0
  2. (bridge) Suitable for bidding. Categories (topical): Bridge Translations (bridge: Suitable for bidding): обявим (objavim) (Bulgarian), tarjouskelpoinen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-biddable-en-adj-NkNDE6qR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 9 91 Topics: bridge, games Disambiguation of 'bridge: Suitable for bidding': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biddability, biddably, unbiddable

Download JSON data for biddable meaning in All languages combined (3.6kB)

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