PLAUSIBLE
\plˈɔːzəbə͡l], \plˈɔːzəbəl], \p_l_ˈɔː_z_ə_b_əl]\
Definitions of PLAUSIBLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"; "a plausible story"
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apparently reasonable and valid
By Princeton University
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appearing to merit belief or acceptance; "a credible witness"; "a plausible story"
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apparently reasonable and valid
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
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Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.
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Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.
By Oddity Software
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Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
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Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious; as, a plausible pretext; plausible manners; a plausible delusion.
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Using specious arguments or discourse; as, a plausible speaker.
By Noah Webster.
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Seeming to be true without necessarily being so; having the appearance of truth; as, a plausible excuse; likely to win a confidence not wholly deserved; as, a plausible speaker.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That may be applauded: fitted to gain praise: superficially pleasing: apparently right: popular.
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PLAUSIBLENESS, PLAUSIBILITY.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
