tractable
3
7.4
- adjective
- /ˈtræktəbl/
:
manejable
- With clear instructions, the tractable team completed the project ahead of schedule.
- tractable problem
- more tractable
- less tractable
I think that's a reasonable and tractable schedule to assess once a week.
- I think that's a reasonable and tractable schedule to assess once a week.
- I love that optimism and that there's a tractable path to do it.
- So I think there the, the numbers are tractable.
- And so that's a big problem that is AI tractable.
- Because problems are more tractable, they're more manageable, they are solvable.
- We need a global coordinated effort to tackle this, but the good news is it is a tractable problem.
- But here it really seems that the psyche, ourselves, and our mental health is really tractable if we turn the lens and we look inward.
- So what of our problems today might not be tractable by this sort of eternal Moore's Law that's unfolding in front of us?
- I would like to find more of the more tractable ones.
- So people like her understand how to bridge that gap and they put a tractable definition.
Examples
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Let me have my tea, and I promise to be more tractable.
Fiction book (1993) -
One obvious way to render the decision-making process more tractable and effective is to restrict attention to the few most significant consequences.
Academic text (1997) -
The king is tractable; he goes where he is led without question.
Fiction book (1991) -
We need a global coordinated effort to tackle this, but the good news is it is a tractable problem.
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Children were preferred by many ship's masters as they were more tractable and required less food and space.
Academic text (1997) -
He's been pretty tractable up to now.
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For you, Prince Bassianus, I have passed my word and promise to the emperor... that you will be more mild and tractable.
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Because problems are more tractable, they're more manageable, they are solvable.
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The manager found the new employee to be tractable, easily following directions and suggestions.
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Since the students were tractable during the lesson, the teacher was able to cover more material.
Synonyms
57
3.2
Easy to deal with
14
5.9
Willing to accept advice or follow rules
1
3.7
Easy to deal with or understand
1
7.4
Easy to change, control, or shape
1
5.6
Able to be guided by a person or machine
1
4.1
Easy to manage in daily life
Easy for someone to change or control
Easy to teach or control
Antonyms
How Manageable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word tractable comes from the Latin root tract meaning 'to pull' or 'to handle', the same root you see in tractor, a machine that pulls. So to be tractable is to be easy to 'handle' or influence.