"gradable" meaning in English

See gradable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪdəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gradable.wav
Etymology: From grade + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grade|able}} grade + -able Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} gradable (not comparable)
  1. Able to form degrees or grades Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-adj--oOk0LVU Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 35 32 27 6
  2. (linguistics, of a word or phrase) Able to occur in varying degrees; able to be inflected or modified to express degrees of meaning. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: comparable Translations (grammar: able to occur in degrees): stupňovatelný (Czech), suhteellinen (Finnish), graduable (French), gradable (French), comparable (French), steigerbar (German), steigerungsfähig (German), graduierbar (German), komparierbar (German), fokozható (Hungarian), stopniowalny (Polish)
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-adj-zTFAa9DY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 39 23 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 35 32 27 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 39 24 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 42 22 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 44 21 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 22 40 24 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 41 24 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 42 22 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 25 42 22 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 45 21 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 39 25 12 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'grammar: able to occur in degrees': 27 57 17
  3. steep, but still able to be climbed by a motor vehicle Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-adj-mN-vKQLA Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 35 32 27 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gradability, gradable antonym, non-gradable

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɹeɪdəbəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gradable.wav Forms: gradables [plural]
Etymology: From grade + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|grade|able}} grade + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} gradable (plural gradables)
  1. (linguistics) A word that can be inflected to specify the degree or grade of something. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-gradable-en-noun-e4ADwwmm Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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