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   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

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   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.

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   Amenable definition: ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable. See examples of AMENABLE used in a sentence.

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   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.

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   amenable. /əˈminəbəl/ /əˈmɛnəbəl/ IPA guide. If your friends want to try sky diving and you're amenable to the idea, sounds like you're going to be jumping out of a plane. If a person or thing is amenable to something, they are ready, willing, or responsive.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective amenable, which means easy to control or influence. See examples, synonyms and word origin.