thinkable

think·a·ble

(thĭng′kə-bəl)

adj.

Possible to consider or be considered; conceivable: plans that were not even thinkable.

think′a·bly adv.

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thinkable

(ˈθɪŋkəbəl)

adj

able to be conceived or considered; possible; feasible

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think•a•ble

(ˈθɪŋ kə bəl)

adj.

1. conceivable.

2. possible.

[1850–55]

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Adj.

thinkable - capable of being conceived or imagined or considered

believable, credible - capable of being believed; "completely credible testimony"; "credible information"

possible - capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

unthinkable - incapable of being conceived or considered

thinkable

adjective possible, conceivable, imaginable, likely, reasonable, feasible, within the bounds of possibility At the same time, language makes thinkable the unreal and unreasonable.
impossible, unlikely, unthinkable, inconceivable, not on (informal), absurd, unreasonable, out of the question

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thinkable

adjective

Capable of being anticipated, considered, or imagined:

conceivable, earthly, imaginable, likely, mortal, possible.

Idioms: humanly possible, within the bounds of possibility.

Translations

pensable

figurabile pensabile

thinkable

[ˈθɪŋkəbl] ADJ → concebible
it isn't thinkable that → es inconcebible or impensable que ...

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thinkable

adj → denkbar

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thinkable

[ˈθɪŋkəbl] adj it isn't thinkable that ... → è impensabile che... + sub

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All being would ye MAKE thinkable: for ye doubt with good reason whether it be already thinkable.

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"Granting the possibility of spiritual apparition and even materialization, yet the apparition and materialization of a half-gallon brown clay jug--a piece of coarse, heavy pottery evolved from nothing--that is hardly thinkable."

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Edmund soon divined Billy's renunciation, though not the nature of it; and several questions brought it forth-- the old pioneer dream of land spaciousness; of cattle on a hundred hills; one hundred and sixty acres of land the smallest thinkable division.

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In religion, his inherited belief, rooted in his deepest fibers, early found itself confronted by the discoveries of modern science, which at first seemed to him to proclaim that the universe is much what it seemed to the young Carlyle, a remorseless monster, 'red in tooth and claw,' scarcely thinkable as the work of a Christian God who cares for man.

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"I worked my whole life to empower women, to prevent abuse, so the idea that I can't adjust to the fact that personal space is important, more important than it's ever been, is just not thinkable," he said.