obtainable
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3.7
- adjective
- /əbˈteɪnəbl/
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obtenible
- The information in the report is easily obtainable from the official website.
- easily obtainable
- readily obtainable
- obtainable information
The vast majority of gun crimes in this country are committed by people with access to easily obtainable handguns.
- The vast majority of gun crimes in this country are committed by people with access to easily obtainable handguns.
- So you're the perfect person for it because it is there are actual obtainable things.
- So you go for just unobtainable, but it just I don't think most of it is obtainable though.
Examples
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Goal-setting lessons are designed to help students set and reach obtainable personal goals related to their math class.
Academic text (2008) -
Items such as rugs, soft toys, and cloth puppets are more easily obtainable than expensive equipment.
Academic text (2005) -
Basic foods are easily obtainable, but choice is nearly absent.
Academic text (1992) -
Easily obtainable from any local pawnshop.
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There is a total of 40 obtainable points for each of the five subsets.
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Anyway, this is the one we want and it's obtainable easily by solving linear equations.
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Why don't you try something more obtainable?
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In some respects, Internet content may be available from readily obtainable alternatives.
Academic text (2016) -
Thus, in Lithuania, where the only obtainable food was herring, Jews invented many extraordinary ways of preparing it.
Academic text (2001) -
Ample irrigation water is obtainable from the San Luis Rey River, which flows east to west through the reservation.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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3.9
A place, thing, or service that you can reach and use easily
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3.9
Possible to achieve or reach
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5.3
You can find again, often with effort
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2.7
Something you can buy or find
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2.8
Available to buy
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5.5
Something you can take out of another thing, like oil from rock
Can be bought or found
Able to be bought or found
Something you can get by buying or learning
Easy to reach or use
Easy to reach, use or understand
Something you can remove from a material, often using chemicals or heat
Antonyms
How Obtainable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obtainable comes from the verb obtain, made of ob- meaning 'toward' and ten- meaning 'to hold', the same root you see in retain and contain. So, if something is obtainable, it is 'able to be got' or 'able to be acquired'.