"appreciable" meaning in English

See appreciable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈpɹiːʃəbl/ Audio: en-us-appreciable1.ogg , en-us-appreciable2.ogg Forms: more appreciable [comparative], most appreciable [superlative]
Etymology: From French appréciable. By surface analysis, appreci(ate) + -able. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|appréciable}} French appréciable, {{surf|en|appreciate|-able|alt1=appreci(ate)}} By surface analysis, appreci(ate) + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} appreciable (comparative more appreciable, superlative most appreciable)
  1. (usually) Both detectable and at least modestly substantial: large enough to be estimated and to be of practical relevance. Tags: usually Synonyms: considerable Translations (large enough to be estimated; considerable): գնահատելի (gnahateli) (Armenian), забележим (zabeležim) (Bulgarian), чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) (Bulgarian), havaittava (Finnish), huomattava (Finnish), appréciable (French), schätzbar (German), apreciável (Portuguese), apreciable (Spanish), sensible (Spanish), considerable (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-appreciable-en-adj-en:both_detectable_and_substantial Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'large enough to be estimated; considerable': 89 11
  2. (sometimes) Synonym of detectable. Tags: sometimes Synonyms: perceptible, detectable [synonym, synonym-of]
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: appreciability, appreciableness, appreciably, inappreciable, nonappreciable, unappreciable Related terms: appreciatable, appreciation
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