gettable
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete): getable, gettabill, gettible
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛtəbəl/, /ˈɡɛtəbl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛdəbəl/, /ˈɡɛdəbl/, /ˈɡɛtəbəl/, /ˈɡɛtəbl/
- Rhymes: -ɛtəbəl
Adjective
gettable (comparative more gettable, superlative most gettable)
- (originally Scotland) Able to be gotten.
- 2025, Amy Howe, in: Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, March 5 (complete) (live blog transcript), SCOTUSblog, 2025-03-05
- I think that of the court's conservative justices, [Amy Coney Barrett] is (as the order today [in Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition] suggests and yesterday's decision [in City and County of San Francisco v. EPA]) one of the justices that may be more "gettable" to join the court's liberal justices.
- 2025, Amy Howe, in: Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, March 5 (complete) (live blog transcript), SCOTUSblog, 2025-03-05
Synonyms
- See obtainable
Antonyms
- ungettable; see also unobtainable
Translations
obtainable — see obtainable
References
- “gettable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.