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notable

[ noh-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. worthy of note or notice; noteworthy:

    a notable success; a notable theory.

    Synonyms: eminent, uncommon, unusual, outstanding, noted, noticeable, remarkable, great, memorable, conspicuous

    Antonyms: ordinary

  2. prominent, important, or distinguished:

    many notable artists.

    Synonyms: unusual, outstanding, noted, noticeable, remarkable, great, memorable, conspicuous, famous, celebrated, eminent, uncommon

    Antonyms: unknown

  3. Archaic. capable, thrifty, and industrious.


noun

  1. a prominent, distinguished, or important person.
  2. (usually initial capital letter) French History.
    1. one of a number of prominent men, usually of the aristocracy, called by the king on extraordinary occasions.
    2. Notables, Also called Assembly of the Notables. an assembly of high-ranking nobles, ecclesiastics, and state functionaries having deliberative but not legislative or administrative powers, convoked by the king principally in 1554, 1786, and 1788, in the lattermost year to establish the manner for selecting the States-General.
  3. Obsolete. a notable fact or thing.

notable

/ ˈnəʊtəbəl /

adjective

  1. worthy of being noted or remembered; remarkable; distinguished


noun

  1. a notable person

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Derived Forms

  • ˈnotableness, noun

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Other Words From

  • nota·ble·ness noun
  • nota·bly adverb
  • non·nota·ble adjective
  • non·nota·ble·ness noun
  • non·nota·bly adverb
  • super·nota·ble adjective
  • super·nota·ble·ness noun
  • super·nota·bly adverb
  • un·nota·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of notable1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English notab(i)le, from Latin notābilis; equivalent to note + -able

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Word History and Origins

Origin of notable1

C14: via Old French from Latin notābilis, from notāre to note

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Example Sentences

“We would love to finish what we started some years ago,” Branson told journalists at a news conference with notable hesitancy.

Here are 15 notable books published in 2014 about the decade of the moment.

Ed Sheeran, one of the performers on the night, was a notable exception.

But the display was notable for the eruptions of smoke from the engines, most likely Russian RD-93s.

Jackson had several notable confrontations with cadets who were unhappy with him or who felt he had been unjust.

But even the great Mr. Abrahams, on one notable occasion at least, had been deceived.

It is a notable fact that under the wholly unusual circumstances prevailing, the recovery was so prompt and effective.

A notable increase is limited almost exclusively to myelogenous leukemia, where they are sometimes very numerous.

Sensations were not so common in San Bernardino that they could afford to slight so notable an occasion as this.

Stained films show notable irregularities in size, shape, and staining properties only in advanced cases.

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