English-Thai Dictionary

disputable

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISPUTABLE

a.[See Dispute. ] That may be disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted or contested; controvertible; of doubtful certainty. We speak of disputable opinions, statements, propositions, arguments, points, cases, questions, etc.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISPUTABLE

Dis `pu *ta *ble, a. Etym: [L. disputabilis: cf. F. disputable. See Dispute, v. i.]

 

1. Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions.Actions, every one of which is very disputable. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. Disputatious; contentious. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

DISPUTABLENESS

DISPUTABLENESS Dis `pu *ta *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: State of being disputable.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

disputable

dis put a ble |disˈpyo͞otəbəl dəˈspjudəbəl | ▶adjective not established as fact, and so open to question or debate: whether it can be described as art criticism may be disputable. DERIVATIVES dis put a bly |-blē |adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin disputabilis, from the verb disputare ‘to estimate, ’ later ‘to dispute ’ (see dispute ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

disputable

dis |put ¦able |dɪˈspjuːtəb (ə )l, ˈdɪspjʊtəb (ə )l | ▶adjective not established as a fact, and so open to question or debate: whether it can be described as art criticism may be disputable. DERIVATIVES disputably adverb ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin disputabilis, from the verb disputare ‘to estimate ’, later ‘to dispute ’ (see dispute ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

disputable

disputable adjective some of these figures are disputable: debatable, open to debate, open to discussion, open to question, arguable, contestable, moot, questionable, doubtful; informal iffy.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

disputable

disputable adjective some of these figures are disputable and some are out of date: debatable, open to debate, open to discussion, arguable, contestable, moot, open to question, questionable, doubtful, dubious; controversial, contentious, disputed, contended, unconfirmed, unsettled, unsound; informal iffy; Brit. informal dodgy; rare controvertible.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

disputable

dis pu ta ble /dɪspjúːtəb (ə )l, dɪ́spjə -/形容詞 議論 [疑問 ]の余地のある, 疑わしい .dis p ú ta bly 副詞