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amenable

[uh-mee-nuh-buhl, uh-men-uh-]

adjective

  1. ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable.

    an amenable servant.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms: ,
  2. liable to be called to account; answerable; legally responsible.

    You are amenable for this debt.

  3. capable of or agreeable to being tested, tried, analyzed, etc.

    Synonyms: ,


amenable

/ əˈːəə /

adjective

  1. open or susceptible to suggestion; likely to listen, cooperate, etc

  2. accountable for behaviour to some authority; answerable

  3. capable of being or liable to be tested, judged, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • amenability noun
  • amenableness noun
  • amenably adverb
  • nonamenability noun
  • nonamenable adjective
  • nonamenableness noun
  • nonamenably adverb
  • unamenable adjective
  • unamenably adverb
  • ˌԲˈٲ noun
  • ˈԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amenable1

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Anglo-French, equivalent to Middle French amen(er) “to lead to” ( a- a- 5 + mener, from Late Latin “to push, impel,” from Latin ī “to threaten”) + -able -able
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of amenable1

C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French amener to lead up, from Latin to drive (cattle), from ī to threaten
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Stroll is far from the most communicative or amenable of F1 drivers with the media.

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They may not be amenable to sharing the stage with contemporaries they may believe disgraced the game.

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He told BBC News NI that he found the new Pope to be a "most amenable person".

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“It makes them sort of amenable to being watched.”

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These agents aim to subtly and slowly make key figures amenable to the aims of the CCP in a long-term operation often referred to as "elite capture".

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