grada'bility
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gradable (ˈɡreɪdəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | capable of being graded |
| 2. | linguistics denoting or relating to a word in whose meaning there is some implicit relationship to a standard: ``big'' and ``small'' are gradable adjectives |
| —n | |
| 3. | linguistics a word of this kind |
| grada'bility | |
| —n | |
| 'gradableness | |
| —n | |
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