biddability
- noun
- /ˌbɪdəˈbɪlɪti/
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obediencia
- The trainer praised the dog's biddability as it quickly followed every command.
Examples
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I think that the collie's high biddability may have made the wavy-coated landrace more competitive in a trial situation, which is why it wound up replacing the curly-coated landrace.
Blog text (27) -
These dogs can greatly increase biddability in any dog stock.
Blog text (27) -
Biddability, just like George Dubya.
Blog text (4) -
They maintain a stock of imars bred for biddability and more useful hands, but rebreed them with wild ones to keep the line strong.
Fiction book (1998) -
Children with high biddability are often more receptive to learning new skills.
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Successful leaders often exhibit great biddability, as they are skilled at guiding their teams.
Synonyms
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8.2
A tendency to be easily influenced by other people's ideas or opinions
Being easy to manage and willing to follow advice
The quality of being easily managed or persuaded
A willingness to work with others and accept suggestions
A willingness to cooperate and accept suggestions
Being easily convinced by other people
Antonyms
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3.0
Freedom from control by others, for example when a country is free or a person supports themselves
How Compliant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Biddability comes from the old verb bid, which meant 'to order' or 'command' and is the same bid you see in forbid. So biddability is the quality of being easy to tell what to do, or easy to teach and lead.