Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   amenable

   /əˈmiːnəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled: "parents who have amenable children" Similar compliantacquiescentbiddablemanageablecontrollablegovernablepersuadabletractableresponsivepliantflexiblemalleablecomplaisantaccommodatingdocilesubmissiveobedienttamemeekeasily handledrare:persuasibleOpposite uncooperative
   • ▪ capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible: "cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment" Similar susceptiblereceptiveresponsivereactivevulnerabledefenceless againstrare:susceptiveOpposite resistant

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘liable to answer to a law or tribunal’): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener ‘bring to’ from a- (from Latin ad) ‘to’ + mener ‘bring’ (from late Latin minare ‘drive animals’, from Latin minari ‘threaten’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. amenability noun
   • 2. amenably adverb
   • 3. amenableness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • E

     1

   • N

     1

   • A

     1

   • B

     3

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points

2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › amenableAmenable Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

   www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › amenable

   • Cached

   Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the word amenable, which can mean willing, cooperative, or suitable. See examples of amenable in sentences and its origin from Latin.

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishAMENABLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english

   • Cached

   Amenable means willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms and how to use it in sentences from the Cambridge Dictionary.

4. Videos

   • 

     5:40

     youtube.com

     🔵 Amenable Meaning - Amenably Defined - Amenable Examples - Describing People

     24 Oct 2023

     2K views

   • 

     1:26

     youtube.com

     What is the Meaning of Amenable? || Amenable Pronunciation

     6 Aug 2022

     219 views

   • 

     1:12

     youtube.com

     Amenable Definition & Meaning

     26 Jul 2023

     25 views

   View all

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › amenableAMENABLE Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

   www.dictionary.com › browse › amenable

   • Cached

   Amenable means ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related words from Dictionary.com.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryAMENABLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionary

   • Cached

   Amenable means willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and examples from various sources.

7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › amenableAmenable - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

   www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › amenable

   If a person or thing is amenable to something, they are ready, willing, or responsive. Note that amenable is often followed by the preposition to , which makes amenable mean "able to be controlled or affected by something," as in: "They are usually amenable to our wishes" or "Her heart condition is not amenable to treatment."

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › amenableAmenable - definition of amenable by The Free Dictionary

   www.thefreedictionary.com › amenable

   • Cached

   Amenable means willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority, or capable of being tested or judged. Find the origin, usage, and translations of the word amenable in this comprehensive online dictionary.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › amenableamenable adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

   www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › amenable

   • Cached

   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective amenable, which means easy to persuade or willing to accept a suggestion. See examples, synonyms and word origin.