"correctable" meaning in English

See correctable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more correctable [comparative], most correctable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English correctable, equivalent to correct + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|correctable}} Middle English correctable, {{suffix|en|correct|able}} correct + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} correctable (comparative more correctable, superlative most correctable)
  1. Able to be corrected Synonyms: corrigible, correctible (english: not as widely accepted) Related terms: corrigible Translations (able to be corrected): поправим (popravim) (Bulgarian), corregible (Catalan), korrigierbar (German), so-chiartaghey (Manx), so-smaghtey (Manx), so-lhiasaghey (Manx), corigibil (Romanian), corregible (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-correctable-en-adj-dZa3A0dN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "able to be corrected",
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          "sense": "able to be corrected",
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          "sense": "able to be corrected",
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          "sense": "able to be corrected",
          "word": "corigibil"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "able to be corrected",
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      "sense": "able to be corrected",
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      "sense": "able to be corrected",
      "word": "corregible"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "able to be corrected",
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      "sense": "able to be corrected",
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "able to be corrected",
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "able to be corrected",
      "word": "so-lhiasaghey"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "able to be corrected",
      "word": "corigibil"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "able to be corrected",
      "word": "corregible"
    }
  ],
  "word": "correctable"
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