explicable
pronunciation
How to pronounce explicable in British English:
UK [ɪkˈsplɪkəbl]
How to pronounce explicable in American English:
US [ˈɛksplɪkəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being explicated or accounted for
Word Origin
- explicable (adj.)
- 1550s, from or modeled on Latin explicabilis "capable of being unraveled, that may be explained," from explicare "unfold; explain" (see explicit). Middle English had a verb expliken "explain, interpret" (mid-15c.).
Example
- 1. China 's economic success is explicable by normal economics .
- 2. Under the circllmstances , what he said was quite explicable .
- 3. Similarities and differences became comprehensible and explicable .
- 4. I suppose the closer you get to an enigma , the more explicable it becomes .
- 5. Unlike proportional representation which is easy to grasp the electoral impact is neither immediately apparent to voters nor readily explicable .