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ar·gu·a·ble    Audio Help   [ahr-gyoo-uh-buhl] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.susceptible to debate, challenge, or doubt; questionable: Whether this is the best plan of action or not is arguable.
2.susceptible to being supported by convincing or persuasive argument: Admirers agree that it is arguable he is the finest pianist of his generation.
[Origin: 1605–15; argue + -able]

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ar·gu·a·bly, adverb
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ar·gu·a·ble    Audio Help   (är'gyōō-ə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved.
  2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law.

ar'gu·a·bly adv.
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arguable

adjective
1. capable of being supported by argument 
2. open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question" 

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ˈarguable adjective
able to be put forward in argument
Example: It is arguable that he would have been better to go.
Arabic: قابِل لِلجِدَل والنِّقاش
Chinese (Simplified): 可争辩的
Chinese (Traditional): 可爭辯的
Czech: obhajitelný
Danish: diskutabel
Dutch: verdedigbaar
Estonian: vaieldav
Finnish: kiistanalainen
French: défendable
German: vertretbar
Greek: συζητήσιμος
Hungarian: vitatható
Icelandic: umdeilanlegur
Indonesian: bisa dikemukakan
Italian: sostenibile
Japanese: 議論の余地がある
Korean: 논의할 수 있는
Latvian: strīdīgs; apstrīdams
Lithuanian: ginčytinas
Norwegian: diskutabelt
Polish: sporny, dyskusyjny
Portuguese (Brazil): discutível
Portuguese (Portugal): discutível
Romanian: discutabil
Russian: спорный
Slovak: diskutabilný
Slovenian: ki se da zagovarjati
Spanish: discutible
Swedish: diskutabel
Turkish: tartışılabilir
See also: argue, argument, argumentative

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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