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Definition of -able, -ible suffix from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

-able, -ible

suffix

NAmE//əbl//

(in adjectives)

1that can or must be calculable taxable

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2having the quality of fashionable comfortable changeable

-ability, -ibility

NAmE//əˈbɪlət̮i//

(in nouns) capability responsibility

-ably, -ibly

NAmE//əbli//

(in adverbs) noticeably incredibly

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