plausible

plausible
adj.
1 acceptable (admisible).
2 plausible (posible).
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plausible
► adjetivo
1 (admirable) commendable
2 (recomendable) advisable
3 (probable) plausible
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adj.
plausible
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ADJ
1) [argumento, motivo] acceptable, admissible
2) [comportamiento, intento, esfuerzo] commendable, praiseworthy
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adjetivo
a) <motivo/razón> acceptable, valid
b) (loable) commendable, praiseworthy
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= plausible.
Nota: Para otros adjetivos terminados con este sufijo véase 'ible'.
Ex. This incompleteness of search and retrieval therefore makes possible, and plausible, the existence of undiscovered public knowledge.
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adjetivo
a) <motivo/razón> acceptable, valid
b) (loable) commendable, praiseworthy
* * *
= plausible.
Nota: Para otros adjetivos terminados con este sufijo véase 'ible'.

Ex: This incompleteness of search and retrieval therefore makes possible, and plausible, the existence of undiscovered public knowledge.

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plausible
adjective
1 ‹motivo/razón› acceptable, valid
2 (loable) commendable, praiseworthy
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plausible adjetivo
1 (encomiable) laudable, praiseworthy
2 (admisible) valid: dame una razón plausible para hacerlo, give me one good reason to do it
3 (probable, digno de crédito) plausible: no me dio una excusa plausible, he didn't give me a plausible excuse
'plausible' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
verosímil
English:
justification
- plausible
- plausibly
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plausible adj
1. [admirable] praiseworthy
2. [admisible] acceptable
3. [posible] plausible
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plausible
adj plausible

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  • Plausible — Plau si*ble, a. [L. plausibilis praiseworthy, from plaudere, plausum, to applaud, clap the hands, strike, beat.] 1. Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster] 2. Obtaining approbation;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • plausible — PLAUSIBLE. adj. de tout genre. Specieux, qui peut passer pour bon. Il ne se dit guere que des raisons, des pretextes. Raison plausible. pretexte plausible …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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  • plausible — ► ADJECTIVE 1) seeming reasonable or probable. 2) skilled at producing persuasive or deceptive arguments: a plausible liar. DERIVATIVES plausibility noun plausibly adverb. ORIGIN originally in the sense «deserving applause»: from Latin plaudere… …   English terms dictionary

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