"knowable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈnoʊəbl̩/ [US] Forms: more knowable [comparative], most knowable [superlative]
Etymology: Attested since the 15th century; know + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|know|able}} know + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} knowable (comparative more knowable, superlative most knowable)
  1. Capable of being known, understood or comprehended. Categories (topical): Epistemology Related terms: knowability Translations (capable of being known, understood or comprehended): poznatelný (Czech), connaissable (French), coñecible (Galician), coñecíbel (Galician), conoscibile (Italian), conhecível (Portuguese), conocible (Spanish), cognoscible (Spanish), వేద్యము (vēdyamu) (Telugu)
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          "ref": "2011, Shehan Karunatilaka, Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew, Jonathan Cape, page 138:",
          "text": "Some things are not knowable. If Pradeep Mathew had played for India or England, would he have gone on to be the greatest spinner of all time? Not knowable. How many poor bastards have perished in this bed before me? Not knowable.",
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          "word": "poznatelný"
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          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
          "word": "conoscibile"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
          "word": "conhecível"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
          "word": "conocible"
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
          "word": "cognoscible"
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          "roman": "vēdyamu",
          "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
          "word": "వేద్యము"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
      "word": "poznatelný"
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      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
      "word": "conhecível"
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      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vēdyamu",
      "sense": "capable of being known, understood or comprehended",
      "word": "వేద్యము"
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