debatable
pronunciation
How to pronounce debatable in British English:
UK [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]
How to pronounce debatable in American English:
US [dɪˈbeɪtəbl]
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- Adjective:
- open to doubt or debate
- open to argument or debate
- capable of being disproved
Word Origin
- debatable (adj.)
- 1530s (late 15c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French debatable (Modern French débattable), from debatre (see debate (v.)). Earliest references were to lands claimed by two nations; general sense is from 1580s.
Example
- 1. Although it is debatable if you can call them ' suits ' .
- 2. It 's debatable whether panasonic 's move will trigger a wave of mergers and tie-ups among japanese firms .
- 3. I mean , whether I 'm a great writer or whether I make the lives of others better - those are debatable , sure .
- 4. But here we come to a debatable point . The standard of pitch has never been definitely set for any lasting period of time .
- 5. It is highly debatable whether these wars , whatever the intentions of the leaders who committed their nations to them , made the world a safer place .