arguable
arguable
Definition
ar·gu·able (är′gyo̵̅o̅ ə bəl)
adjective
- that can be argued about
- that can be supported by argument
arguable
Usage Examples
Preposition: that
- damage: It might be arguable that the damage took a few more mega years to entrench itself.
- judge: He concluded that: it is strongly arguable that the judges created the principle.
- state: Secondly, it is arguable that the state has expanded its role in some areas of crime prevention.
- risk: It is therefore arguable that risks to data subjects have increased since 1984 when the Data Protection Act came into force.
- word: From there, it's arguable that the first word was ' wow ' .
- law: Thirdly, it is arguable that the criminal law does not take into account " mere " psychiatric illnesses.
Preposition: whether
- treatment: Occasionally it is arguable whether a treatment is a preventative or a cure.
Modifies a noun
- case: There is certainly no arguable case for saying he was plainly wrong.
- defense: The lack of an arguable defense demonstrating a genuine desire on the part of Golden Shore for a trial in India was decisive.
- ground: The question for me is whether they raise arguable grounds of appeal.
- claim: Mitcham Station has an arguable claim to be the oldest still open railroad station in the world.
- point: I leave such arguable jurisdiction point to the enforcement stage.
- exception: Moreover, with the arguable exception of Inspector White, the necessary proximity in time and place was also absent.
Modifying Another Word
- strongly: There is a strongly arguable case that economies prosper where there is less, rather than more, taxation.
- reasonably: There ought first to be some likely or reasonably arguable connection between the car and the claimant.
- certainly: For in the latter, liability is probably strict, whilst in the former, it is certainly arguable that fault must be established.
- highly: In my judgment, therefore, it is highly arguable that the Article 13 defense in relation to Adriano was simply not made out.
- therefore: It is therefore arguable that an analysis using these deprivation categories today may be less accurate than it would have been ten years ago.
- also: It is also arguable that such conduct would fall foul of the Human Rights Act 1998.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: It seems highly arguable therefore that such an address is one from which the person behind it cannot be identified.
Browse dictionary entries near arguable
- arguably
- argue
- arguendo
- argufy
- argument
- argumentation
- argumentative
- argumentum
- Argus
- Argus-eyed
