adjective · rare

amenable

amenable · more amenable · most amenable

пасивний

послушный, покладистый, сговорчивый, податливый

zugänglich, gefügig, zugängig, fügsam

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestionsWilling to respond to persuasion or suggestions.

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UK/əˈmiːnəbəl/US/əˈmɛn.ə.bəl/

» This kind of case is amenable to statistical treatment.

Meaning

5 senses

Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
fügsam, gefügig, zugängig
сгово́рчивыйsgovórčivyj
disposed or willing to conform
Willing to comply; easily led.
послу́шныйposlúšnyj, податливыйpodatlivyj, покладистыйpokladistyj
Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
Liable to the legal authority of (something).
Decisions of the Boards of Appeal are amenable to actions before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
liable to answer to a higher authority
Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.

Examples

4 sentences

This kind of case is amenable to statistical treatment.
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His theory is not amenable to simplification for laymen.
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We are generally amenable to requests of this kind.
deWir sind solchen Anfragen gegenüber in der Regel aufgeschlossen.
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If the government is not amenable to negotiation and national dialogue, chances are this could lead to a revolution.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions:

willing to comply with; agreeable:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions:

Origin

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in o

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).

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