amenable
Use Amenable in a sentence
nə adjective
1.
ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant.
2.
liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible: You are amenable for this debt.
3.
capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French amen(er) to lead to (a- a-5 + mener < Late Latin mināre for Latin minārī to drive) + -able -able
1590–1600; < Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French amen(er) to lead to (a- a-5 + mener < Late Latin mināre for Latin minārī to drive) + -able -able
Related forms
a·me·na·bil·i·ty, a·me·na·ble·ness, noun
a·me·na·bly, adverb
non·a·me·na·bil·i·ty, noun
non·a·me·na·ble, adjective
non·a·me·na·ble·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. manageable, docile, easy. 3. open, subject.
1. manageable, docile, easy. 3. open, subject.
Antonyms
1. stubborn, recalcitrant.
1. stubborn, recalcitrant.
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World English Dictionary
amenable (əˈmiːnəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | open or susceptible to suggestion; likely to listen, cooperate, etc |
| 2. | accountable for behaviour to some authority; answerable |
| 3. | capable of being or liable to be tested, judged, etc |
| [C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French amener to lead up, from Latin mināre to drive (cattle), from minārī to threaten] | |
| amena'bility | |
| —n | |
| a'menableness | |
| —n | |
| a'menably | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
amenable
1590s, "liable," from M.Fr. amener "answerable" (to the law), from à "to" + mener "to lead," from L. minare "to drive (cattle) with shouts," var. of minari "threaten" (see menace). Sense of "tractable" is from 1803, from notion of disposed to answer or submit to influence.
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Example sentences
In the treatment of those under his authority, the captain is amenable to the common law, like any other person.
Conversely, warmer water puts more moisture and energy into the atmosphere, making it more amenable to thunderstorm development.
There is a lot of other agricultural research that is less amenable to corporate ownership but still needs doing.
There's always some things that are just not amenable to scientific study.
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