Definition of Expectable

1. Adjective. To be expected. "Differences of opinion are quite expectable given the present information"

Similar to: Expected

Definition of Expectable

1. a. That may be expected or looked for.

Definition of Expectable

1. Adjective. Being expected. Not unusual. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Expectable

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Expectable

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Literary usage of Expectable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Short Patent Sermons by Elbridge Gerry Paige (1845)
"This is rational and expectable; for we all know that the old must die, but that the young may die, appears to be a futurity that never should occur upon ..."

2. Patent Office Papers by United States Patent Office (1919)
"That occurs when the invention lies within the reasonably expectable improvement of the art which is incidental to its ordinary intelligent practice. ..."

3. Patent Office Pamphlets: May 28, 1914 to May 6, 1915by Patent Office, United States Patent Office, United States by Patent Office, United States Patent Office, United States (1914)
"That occurs when the invention lies within the reasonably expectable improvement of the art which is incidental to its ordinary intelligent practice. ..."

4. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"It will be convenient to consider first the profiles expectable on the basis of Gilbert's theory. Figure 90 shows the profile of a partially emerged coastal ..."

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