| English Dictionary |
AMENABLE
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does amenable mean?
• AMENABLE (adjective)
The adjective AMENABLE has 4 senses:
1. disposed or willing to conform
2. responsive to suggestions and influences
3. open to being acted upon in a certain way
4. liable to answer to a higher authority
Familiarity information: AMENABLE used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disposed or willing to conform
Synonyms:
amenable; conformable
Context example:
someone amenable to the instruction of others
Similar:
compliant (inclined to comply)
Derivation:
amenability; amenableness (the trait of being cooperative)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Responsive to suggestions and influences
Synonyms:
amenable; tractable
Context example:
an amenable child
Similar:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
Derivation:
amenability; amenableness (the trait of being cooperative)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Open to being acted upon in a certain way
Context example:
the tumor was not amenable to surgical treatment
Similar:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Liable to answer to a higher authority
Context example:
the president is amenable to the constitutional court
Similar:
responsible (worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable)
Derivation:
amenableness (the trait of being cooperative)
Context examples
The fabrications techniques used to construct microfluidic devices are relatively inexpensive and are amenable both to highly elaborate, multiplexed devices and also to mass production.
(Microfluidics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A neuroblastoma which is confined to a specific site and is not amenable to surgical removal.
(Localized Unresectable Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A neuroblastoma which is confined to a specific site and is amenable to surgical removal.
(Localized Resectable Neuroblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A localized hepatocellular carcinoma or intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma that occurs during adulthood and it is amenable to surgical resection.
(Localized Resectable Adult Liver Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A cholangiocarcinoma that is not amenable to surgical resection.
(Non-Resectable Cholangiocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Hepatoblastoma not amenable to surgical removal.
(Non-Resectable Hepatoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Not pertaining to or amenable to surgery.
(Non-Surgical, NCI Thesaurus)
A malignant neoplasm that affects the liver and it is not amenable to surgical resection.
(Non-Resectable Malignant Liver Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
A hepatocellular carcinoma that is not amenable to surgical resection.
(Non-Resectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A localized hepatocellular carcinoma that occurs during adulthood and it is amenable to surgical resection.
(Localized Resectable Adult Hepatocellular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Do not hide like a fly under the tail of a horse." (Albanian proverb)
"Inscribe science in writing." (Arabic proverb)
"Don't judge the dog by its fur." (Danish proverb)