"findable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more findable [comparative], most findable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English fyndable, fyndeable, equivalent to find + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fyndable}} Middle English fyndable, {{af|en|find|-able}} find + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} findable (comparative more findable, superlative most findable)
  1. Able to be found. Synonyms: discoverable, discernable, discernible, repertible, reperible [obsolete] Derived forms: findability, findableness, unfindable Translations (able to be found): vindbaar (Dutch), trovebla (Esperanto), eltrovebla (Esperanto), löydettävä (Finnish), trouvable (French), პოვნადი (ṗovnadi) (Georgian), აღმოჩენადი (aɣmočenadi) (Georgian), findbar (German), auffindbar (German), trovebla (Ido), encontrável (Portuguese), găsibil (Romanian), zistiteľný (Slovak), nájditeľný (Slovak), hallable (Spanish)
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          "word": "discoverable"
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      "sense": "able to be found",
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      "sense": "able to be found",
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      "sense": "able to be found",
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      "sense": "able to be found",
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