knowable
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- knowability noun
- knowableness noun
Etymology
Origin of knowable
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; know 1, -able
Example Sentences
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As we stand, the outcome isn’t knowable with any level of confidence; it surely rests on events at a tactical and strategic level in coming weeks and months that we can’t know.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
These images did not merely document India's diversity; they actively shaped it, translating fluid, lived realities into apparently stable and knowable "types".
From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026
If the future was perfectly knowable, we would all be rich.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 17, 2025
Like this chair, they are elegant and tough, unpretentious and confident; there are multiple sides to them — it’s what makes them complete and not fully knowable at the same time.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
To understand this was to realize that Curt and his friends would, on some level, never be fully knowable to her.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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