speakable
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4.5
- adjective
- /ˈspiːkəbl/
- The teacher created an environment where all feelings are speakable and respected.
Examples
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In her most recent book, Excitable Speech: A Politics of the Performative (1997), she raises questions about what is "speakable" today in American society.
Academic text (2001) -
So do you remember after the Manchester Arena bombings at the Ariana Grande concert, which were were one of the most speakable crimes in living memory?
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Arrest this man for his speakable crimes against the galaxy.
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I have to recycle speakable items.
Blog text (7) -
And what is not speakable is the querying of our fixed principles.
Fiction book (1996) -
The former would exhaust all speakable poetry in the universal abstract phrase in which, in the end, he lives.
Fiction book (2000) -
You come in here and accuse me of something un-fucking-speakable, and you're wondering what kind of family I am? - [sighs] - [ringing continues]
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This "speakable" realm, which includes idioms alluding both to life in the womb and the digging of a grave, might enable us to "hear" more of what people (in the past and present) have to say about loss and fear in an epidemic.
Academic text (2006) -
In therapy, discussing past traumas can make difficult topics more speakable.
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The organization aims to make mental health issues speakable to reduce stigma among youth.
Synonyms
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3.5
A word or name you can say clearly
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5.3
Able to be put into words or shown by actions
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5.8
Possible to put into words and speak
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6.7
Can be said out loud
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5.1
Possible to share with other people by speaking
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7.7
Easy to pronounce
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Etymology
The word speakable is made from speak, meaning 'to say words', and the ending -able, meaning 'can be', like in readable. So, speakable means something that 'can be said' or 'expressed in words'.