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escapable

escapable

1 4.4
That you can avoid or get away from
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈskeɪpəbl/
translation icon : evitable
  • In a well-organized life, unnecessary stress is escapable by planning ahead.
  • easily escapable

I'll be like someone would have had a girlfriend, would have been here the whole time and would be with me right now and I and I wouldn't be escapable.

Examples

  • I am going to place him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death.

  • The rhetoric of captivity alluded to in the opening of this article indicates that the airlines had to assure passengers that the soundtrack was escapable.

    Academic text (2016)
  • I'm not so sure it's escapable from this, this Three mile Island.

  • A less obvious, but no less escapable, economic principle that is frequently ignored in polling is substitutability.

    Academic text (2002)
  • I'm going to put him in an easily escapable situation involving an overly elaborate and exotic death. # SCOTT EVIL #

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The authors found that rats exposed to escapable stress had the makings of behavioral immunization beginning in the prelimbic cortex.

    Blog text (13)
  • After exposure to escapable or inescapable stress, the authors used electrophysiology to see how the neurons in the prelimbic cortex responded.

    Blog text (13)
  • This would mean that the rats exposed to escapable stress would end up with more responsive neurons in the prelimbic cortex, which might help them adapt to further stressors.

    Blog text (13)
  • Many fears are escapable if you confront them directly.

  • With proper time management, procrastination becomes escapable for students.

Synonyms

avoidable
vsescapable
15 3.1

Something you can prevent by taking action

can instead be escaped even when prevention is no longer possible
evitable
vsescapable
1 9.9

Something you can avoid

also covers escaping after it starts rather than only stopping it
avertible
vsescapable
7.4

Something you can avoid before it happens

includes escaping as an option rather than only prevention

Antonyms

31 5.4

Certain to happen and cannot be avoided

How Escapable

escapable
1 4.4
inescapable
31 5.4

Surface Forms

escapable positive

Morphology

escapable = escape (transparent) = escape + able

The adjective is directly formed from the verb 'escape' plus productive suffix '-able', yielding 'able to be escaped'.

Etymology

Escapable comes from the verb escape plus the ending -able, which means 'able to'. A long time ago, escape gave the image of slipping out of a cloak or a net, so something escapable is something you can 'slip away from' or avoid.