explicable
adjective/ɪkˈsplɪkəbl/, /ˈeksplɪkəbl/
/ɪkˈsplɪkəbl/, /ˈeksplɪkəbl/
[not usually before noun] (formal)Word Family
- explain verb
- explanation noun
- explanatory adjective
- explicable adjective (≠ inexplicable)
- that can be explained or understood
- His behaviour is only explicable in terms of (= because of) his recent illness.
Extra Examples- The delay is partly explicable on account of the roadworks.
- The sudden increase in sales is easily explicable.
- These atrocities are not readily explicable by any of the usual analyses of politics.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
- …
- easily
- readily
- entirely
- …
- by
- in terms of
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin explicabilis, from explicare, from ex- ‘out’ + plicare ‘to fold’.Want to learn more?
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