appreciable
pronunciation
How to pronounce appreciable in British English:
UK [əˈpriːʃəbl]
How to pronounce appreciable in American English:
US [əˈpriːʃəbl]
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- Adjective:
- enough to be estimated or measured
Word Origin
- appreciable (adj.)
- 1818 (mid-15c. in sense "worthy"); from French appréciable and directly from Medieval Latin appretiabilis, from Late Latin appretiare (see appreciate). Related: Appreciably.
Example
- 1. There will be an appreciable increase of our salaries .
- 2. In the longer run , a big reduction in us demand , still 20 per cent of the world 's total , might make an appreciable difference to prices .
- 3. Adults with appreciable amounts of brown fat are usually those who have certain types of cancer or hyperthyroidism , conditions that stimulate the growth of brown fat .
- 4. The produced looks acceptable and there is no appreciable lag .
- 5. You really are doing an appreciable work .