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gradable

[grey-duh-buhl]

grad·a·ble

[grey-duh-buhl]
adjective
1.
capable of being graded.
2.
Grammar. (especially of adjectives and adverbs) denoting a quality or state that can be present in varying degree or extent; capable of undergoing comparison or intensification, as heavy—heavier, cheerful—more cheerful, or tall—very tall, but not atomic or dental.

Origin:
grade + -able
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gradable (ˈɡreɪdəbəl)
 
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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