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EXPRESSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does expressible mean?
• EXPRESSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective EXPRESSIBLE has 1 sense:
1. capable of being expressed
Familiarity information: EXPRESSIBLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being expressed
Context example:
an expressible emotion
Similar:
describable (capable of being described)
representable (expressible in symbolic form)
speakable; utterable (capable of being uttered in words or sentences)
Antonym:
inexpressible (defying expression)
Derivation:
express (articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise)
express (give expression to)
express (serve as a means for expressing something)
express (indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.)
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