amenable
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/əˈmiːnəbəl/(UK)
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/əˈmiːnəbəl/(UK) · /əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/(US) · /əˈmin.ə.bəl/(US)
Definition of amenable
5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
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adj
- Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
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Willing to comply; easily led.
“The communal nature of ostriches may have made these birds more amenable to life in captivity.”
- Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
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Liable to the legal authority of (something).
“Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.”
- Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).
Words you can make from amenable
110 playable · top: NAMEABLE (12 pts)
Best play nameable 12 points7-letter words
3 words6-letter words
8 words5-letter words
12 words4-letter words
38 words- BALM 8 pts
- BEAM 8 pts
- BEMA 8 pts
- BLAM 8 pts
- LAMB 8 pts
- MABE 8 pts
- ABLE 6 pts
- ALBA 6 pts
- ALMA 6 pts
- ALME 6 pts
- AMEN 6 pts
- BAAL 6 pts
- BALE 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BEAL 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEEN 6 pts
- BENE 6 pts
- BLAE 6 pts
- LAMA 6 pts
- LAME 6 pts
- MALE 6 pts
- MANA 6 pts
- MANE 6 pts
- MEAL 6 pts
- MEAN 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- NAME 6 pts
- NEEM 6 pts
- NEMA 6 pts
- ALAE 4 pts
- ALAN 4 pts
- ALEE 4 pts
- ANAL 4 pts
- ELAN 4 pts
- LANE 4 pts
- LEAN 4 pts
- NALA 4 pts
3-letter words
32 words- BAM 7 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ALB 5 pts
- AMA 5 pts
- BAA 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAL 5 pts
- BAN 5 pts
- BEE 5 pts
- BEL 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- ELM 5 pts
- EME 5 pts
- LAB 5 pts
- LAM 5 pts
- MAE 5 pts
- MAN 5 pts
- MEL 5 pts
- MEN 5 pts
- NAB 5 pts
- NAM 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- AAL 3 pts
- ALA 3 pts
- ALE 3 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- EEL 3 pts
- LEA 3 pts
- LEE 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NEE 3 pts
2-letter words
16 wordsFind your best play with amenable
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