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   a·me·na·ble

   /əˈmēnəb(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person) open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded or controlled: "parents who have had easy babies and amenable children" Similar compliantacquiescentbiddablemanageablecontrollablegovernablepersuadabletractableresponsivepliantflexiblemalleablecomplaisantaccommodatingdocilesubmissiveobedienttamemeekeasily handledrare:persuasibleOpposite uncooperative
   • ▪ (of a thing) capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to: "the patients had cardiac failure not amenable to medical treatment" Similar susceptiblereceptiveresponsivereactivevulnerabledefenseless againstrare:susceptiveOpposite resistant

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘liable to answer to a law or tribunal’): an Anglo-Norman French legal term, from Old French amener ‘bring to’ from a- (from Latin ad) ‘to’ + mener ‘bring’ (from late Latin minare ‘drive animals’, from Latin minari ‘threaten’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. amenability noun
   • 2. amenably adverb
   • 3. amenableness noun

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   amenable: [adjective] liable to be brought to account : answerable.

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   AMENABLE definition: 1. willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion: 2. willing to accept or be influenced by a…. Learn more.

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   Amenable definition: ready or willing to answer, act, agree, or yield; open to influence, persuasion, or advice; agreeable; submissive; tractable. See examples of ...

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   AMENABLE meaning: 1. willing to accept or be influenced by a suggestion: 2. willing to accept or be influenced by a…. Learn more.

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   amenable: 1 adj disposed or willing to comply “someone amenable to persuasion” Synonyms: conformable compliant disposed or willing to comply adj liable to answer to a higher authority “the president is amenable to the constitutional court” Synonyms: responsible worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable adj readily ...

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   Define amenable. amenable synonyms, amenable pronunciation, amenable translation, English dictionary definition of amenable. adj. 1. a. Willing to accept a suggestion or submit to authority: ...

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishAMENABLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   3 meanings: 1. open or susceptible to suggestion; likely to listen, cooperate, etc 2. accountable for behaviour to some.... Click for more definitions.

9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionamenable adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   amenable to something (formal) that you can treat in a particular way ‘Hamlet’ is the least amenable of all Shakespeare's plays to being summarized.

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    Amenable definition: Responsible to higher authority; accountable. Origin of Amenable Probably alteration of Middle English menable from Old French from mener to lead from Latin mināre to drive from minārī to threaten from minae threats men-2 in Indo-European roots . From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From French as if *amenable, from amener (“to bring ...

11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishAMENABLE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    AMENABLE definition: willing to do or accept something: . Learn more.