"improvable" meaning in English

See improvable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more improvable [comparative], most improvable [superlative], improveable [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English improve Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English improvable From improve + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|improve|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English improve Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English improvable [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-able", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "improvable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="improvable"> From improve + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} improvable (comparative more improvable, superlative most improvable)
  1. Capable of being improved. Translations (capable of being improved): millorable (Catalan), parannettavissa (oleva) (Finnish), améliorable (French), perfectible (French), mellorable (Galician), możliwy do poprawy (Polish), melhorável (Portuguese), mejorable (Spanish)
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  2. Capable of being used to advantage; profitable. Synonyms: serviceable, advantageous
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: improvableness, unimprovable, improvably
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English provable English improvable From im- + provable. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|in-<alt:im->|provable|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English im- English provable English improvable [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "inline", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "in-", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "in-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "provable", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "improvable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="improvable"> From im- + provable. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} improvable (not comparable)
  1. Impossible to prove. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: improbable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: improvably
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Therefore, Humanitarians alone devote their present lives to create heavens within themselves and others, and a real paradise upon earth, because they do not waste their time with Pagan delusions, Sceptical doubts, and Atheistical selfishness, but live happily in the present by preparing for themselves and others happier future human lives upon our improveable globe.",
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