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

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   The meaning of AMENABLE is having or showing willingness to agree or to accept something that is wanted or asked for —usually used with to. How to use amenable in a sentence. Did you know?

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

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   willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion: She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it would save. Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to our proposals? Synonyms. accommodating. acquiescent formal. complaisant formal. compliant formal. docile. malleable. obedient. pliant (PERSON)

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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.

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

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   willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion: She might be more amenable to the idea if you explained how much money it would save. Do you think the new manager will prove more amenable to our proposals? Synonyms. accommodating. acquiescent formal. complaisant formal. compliant formal. docile. malleable. obedient. pliant (PERSON)

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

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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.

7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAMENABLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   1. responsible or answerable. 2. able to be controlled or influenced; responsive; submissive.

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

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   adjective. /əˈmiːnəbl/, /əˈmenəbl/ (of people) easy to control; willing to be influenced by somebody/something. They had three very amenable children. The manager was very amenable: nothing was too much trouble. amenable to something He seemed most amenable to my idea. You should find him amenable to reasonable arguments.