amenable
11amenable — adjective Etymology: Anglo French, from amener to bring, compel, from a (from Latin ad ) + mener to lead, from Late Latin minare to drive, from Latin minari to threaten more at mount Date: 1596 1. liable to be brought to account ; answerable …
12amenable — adj. amenable to (amenable to compromise) * * * [ə miːnəb(ə)l] amenable to (amenable to compromise) …
13amenable — [[t]əmi͟ːnəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ, oft ADJ to n/ ing If you are amenable to something, you are willing to do it or accept it. The Jordanian leader seemed amenable to attending a conference... I never had a long term relationship as …
14amenable — a•me•na•ble [[t]əˈmi nə bəl, əˈmɛn ə [/t]] adj. 1) ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; agreeable; tractable: amenable to criticism[/ex] 2) liable to be called to account; answerable; responsible: amenable to the law[/ex] 3) capable… …
15amenable — amenability, amenableness, n. amenably, adv. /euh mee neuh beuhl, euh men euh /, adj. 1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable: an amenable servant. 2. liable… …
16amenable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ seem ▪ find sb/sth ▪ render sth ADVERB ▪ …
17amenable — adjective 1) an amenable child Syn: cooperative, acquiescent, compliant, accommodating, obliging, biddable, manageable, controllable, governable, persuadable, tractable, responsive, pliant, malleable, complaisant, easily handled; rare persuasi …
18amenable — /əˈmɛnəbəl / (say uh menuhbuhl), /əˈmin / (say uh meen ) adjective 1. disposed or ready to answer, yield, or submit; submissive; tractable: * Oh I m amenable, Virginia said. –sumner locke elliott, 1981. 2. liable to be called to account;… …
19amenable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. agreeable; pliant, yielding, submissive; liable. See duty, consent. Ant., stubborn. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tractable, manageable, agreeable, responsive; see docile . See Synonym Study at docile …
20amenable to — capable of being treated in a particular way. → amenable …
