knowable

/'nouəbl/

Thân thiện

Some things in the universe are knowable through careful study.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being known: Describes something that can be understood, discovered, or comprehended through experience, study, or investigation.
   • Capable of being perceived or recognized: Indicates that something can be identified or become apparent to the mind.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The universe contains many mysteries, but scientists believe they are ultimately knowable through research.
  • Her intentions were not immediately knowable from her vague statement.
  • The full extent of the damage is not yet knowable.

Advanced Usage

• Philosophical Context: In philosophy, "knowable" is often used to discuss the limits of human understanding and what truths can be accessed.
  • The debate centered on whether all mathematical truths are knowable.
• "The Knowable": Used as a noun phrase to refer collectively to things that can be known.
  • Human inquiry is a journey from the unknown toward the knowable.

Variants and Related Words

• Knowability (noun): The quality or state of being knowable.
  • Philosophers question the knowability of certain metaphysical concepts.
• Unknowable (adjective): The direct antonym, meaning incapable of being known.
  • Some aspects of consciousness remain unknowable to current science.

Synonyms

• Discoverable: Able to be found out or uncovered.
• Cognizable: Capable of being known or recognized, especially in a legal or intellectual sense.
• Perceivable: Able to be seen, understood, or recognized.

Antonyms

• Unknowable: Incapable of being known.
• Incomprehensible: Impossible to understand.
• Inscrutable: Impossible to understand or interpret.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being known

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cognizable
• cognisable
• cognoscible