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acknowledgeable

acknowledgeable

6.9
Can be recognized or accepted as true
  • adjective
  • /əkˈnɑːlɪdʒəbl/
translation icon : reconocible
  • She received an award for her acknowledgeable contributions to the community.

Examples

  • His achievements were finally acknowledgeable after years of hard work and dedication.

  • The data provided in the report is acknowledgeable and supports the conclusions drawn.

  • When viewing high ability, giftedness, or talent as something to be fundamentally exhibited through performance or acknowledgeable tendencies, we restrict the abilities of individuals to explore the exceptionalities inherent in their being.

    Academic text (2005)

Synonyms

confirmable
vsacknowledgeable
  • Specialized
2 5.1

A claim that testing can show is true or false

is accepted as valid or recognized without needing experimental proof
cognizable
vsacknowledgeable
1 8.1

Easy to notice or understand

is about being admitted as true or valid, not only being noticeable
affirmable
vsacknowledgeable
6.7

Able to be accepted as true

is admitted as valid or recognized rather than simply publicly declared

Antonyms

unacknowledged
5 6.1

Not recognized or accepted openly by others

How Recognizable

obvious
∞ 1.0
recognizable
  • US
65 2.3
acknowledgeable
6.9

Surface Forms

acknowledgeable positive

Morphology

acknowledgeable = acknowledge (transparent) = acknowledge + able

The adjective is formed by productive suffixation of '-able' to the verb 'acknowledge', yielding a predictable meaning 'able to be acknowledged'.

Etymology

The word acknowledgeable comes from acknowledge ('to admit or accept') plus the ending -able ('able to'). The same root is in knowledge (from 'know'), so a helpful way to remember it is that something acknowledgeable is 'able to be known, accepted, or recognized'.