"amenable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈmiːnəbəl/, /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-amenable.wav Forms: more amenable [comparative], most amenable [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛnəbəl Etymology: From French as if *amenable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”), from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|-}} French, {{der|en|LL.|mināre||to drive}} Late Latin mināre (“to drive”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} amenable (comparative more amenable, superlative most amenable)
  1. Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions. Synonyms: persuadable, agreeable Translations (willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions): податлив (podatliv) (Bulgarian), поддаващ се (poddavašt se) (Bulgarian), послушен (poslušen) (Bulgarian), 順從嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 顺从嘅 (seon⁶ cung⁴ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), aanspreekbaar (Dutch), gevoelig (Dutch), toegankelijk (Dutch), vastaanottavainen (Finnish), fügsam (German), gefügig (German), zugängig (German), zugänglich (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (gaƕairbs) (Gothic), nyitott (Hungarian), fogékony (Hungarian), meggyőzhető (Hungarian), irányítható (Hungarian), kezelhető (Hungarian), fegyelmezhető (Hungarian), szófogadó (Hungarian), kezes (Hungarian), hajlik a szóra (Hungarian), поводлив (povodliv) (Macedonian), неотпорен (neotporen) (Macedonian), податлив (podatliv) (Macedonian), aberto (Portuguese), receptivo (Portuguese), сгово́рчивый (sgovórčivyj) (Russian), receptivo (Spanish), susceptible (Spanish), bağlı (Turkish), cevap verebilir (Turkish), tabi olan (Turkish), yumuşak başlı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-amenable-en-adj-K8aH7EpH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 32 1 37 Disambiguation of 'willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions': 80 11 5 1 3
  2. Willing to comply; easily led. Synonyms: compliant, complaisant
    Sense id: en-amenable-en-adj-gSvrL1Rd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 32 1 37
  3. Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
    Sense id: en-amenable-en-adj-6FZ0YNIC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 32 1 37
  4. (law) Liable to the legal authority of (something). Categories (topical): Law Translations (liable to the legal authority of (something)): hatálya/illetékessége alá tartozik (Hungarian), hatálya/illetékessége kiterjed rá (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-amenable-en-adj-HT3UqEQC Topics: law Disambiguation of 'liable to the legal authority of (something)': 1 0 7 92 1
  5. (mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-amenable-en-adj-mqOiwHYM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 32 1 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 14 27 1 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 21 23 3 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 17 20 23 3 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 16 20 26 1 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 20 22 3 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 15 18 25 1 41 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 18 22 3 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 20 22 24 2 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 18 24 1 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 19 21 3 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 18 21 23 4 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 22 23 3 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 20 23 2 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 21 21 3 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 16 20 25 1 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 19 25 0 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 19 22 23 2 33 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: amenableness, amenably, nonamenable, supramenable Translations (willing to comply with; agreeable): отзивчив (otzivčiv) (Bulgarian), сговорчив (sgovorčiv) (Bulgarian), myöntyväinen (Finnish), conciliant (French), πρόθυμος (próthymos) (Greek), σύμφωνος (sýmfonos) (Greek), hajlandó (Hungarian), hajlamos (Hungarian), hajlik [verb] (Hungarian), послушен (poslušen) (Macedonian), умен (umen) (Macedonian), ngawhere (Maori), uległy (Polish), послу́шный (poslúšnyj) (Russian), податливый (podatlivyj) (Russian), покладистый (pokladistyj) (Russian), agradable [archaic] (Spanish), dócil (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'willing to comply with; agreeable': 43 52 3 0 2

Download JSONL data for amenable meaning in English (14.9kB)

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      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "отзивчив"
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      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "word": "myöntyväinen"
    },
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      "word": "conciliant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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    {
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      "word": "hajlandó"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "hajlamos"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "hajlik"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poslušen",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "послушен"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "umen",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "умен"
    },
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      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "ngawhere"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "uległy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslúšnyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "послу́шный"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "podatlivyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "податливый"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "покладистый"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "43 52 3 0 2",
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      "word": "dócil"
    }
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}
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      "word": "unamenable"
    }
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛnəbəl/4 syllables",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Cantonese translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Gothic translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations"
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    {
      "word": "amenableness"
    },
    {
      "word": "amenably"
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    {
      "word": "nonamenable"
    },
    {
      "word": "supramenable"
    }
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      "name": "der"
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        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "mināre",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to drive"
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      "form": "more amenable",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most amenable",
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        "superlative"
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        "Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions."
      ],
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          "Willing",
          "willing"
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          "respond",
          "respond"
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          "word": "agreeable"
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          "ref": "2020 August 4, Richard Conniff, “They may look goofy, but ostriches are nobody’s fool”, in National Geographic Magazine",
          "text": "The communal nature of ostriches may have made these birds more amenable to life in captivity.",
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        }
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          "word": "compliant"
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        {
          "word": "complaisant"
        }
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        "Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable."
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          "liable"
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        [
          "responsible",
          "responsible"
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          "accountable"
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          "answerable"
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        "en:Law"
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        {
          "text": "decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Liable to the legal authority of (something)."
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          "law#English"
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          "liable"
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        "(law) Liable to the legal authority of (something)."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
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        "Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements."
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        [
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          "mathematics"
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        [
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        "(mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a group"
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        "sciences"
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      "ipa": "/əˈmiːnəbəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɛnəbəl"
    },
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podatliv",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "податлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poddavašt se",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "поддаващ се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "poslušen",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "послушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "順從嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "seon⁶ cung⁴ ge³",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "顺从嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "aanspreekbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "gevoelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "toegankelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "vastaanottavainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "fügsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "gefügig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "zugängig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "zugänglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gaƕairbs",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "nyitott"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "fogékony"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "meggyőzhető"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "irányítható"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "kezelhető"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "fegyelmezhető"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "szófogadó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "kezes"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "hajlik a szóra"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "povodliv",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "поводлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "neotporen",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "неотпорен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podatliv",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "податлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "aberto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "receptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sgovórčivyj",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "сгово́рчивый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "receptivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "susceptible"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "bağlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "cevap verebilir"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "tabi olan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions",
      "word": "yumuşak başlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otzivčiv",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "отзивчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sgovorčiv",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "сговорчив"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "myöntyväinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "conciliant"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "próthymos",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "πρόθυμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sýmfonos",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "σύμφωνος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "hajlandó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "hajlamos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "tags": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "word": "hajlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poslušen",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "послушен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "umen",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "умен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "ngawhere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "uległy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslúšnyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "послу́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podatlivyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "податливый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokladistyj",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "покладистый"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "agradable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "willing to comply with; agreeable",
      "word": "dócil"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "liable to the legal authority of (something)",
      "word": "hatálya/illetékessége alá tartozik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "liable to the legal authority of (something)",
      "word": "hatálya/illetékessége kiterjed rá"
    }
  ],
  "word": "amenable"
}

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