amenable
- 01 C1 Advanced
willing to accept a suggestion or be persuaded by someone.
willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions; open to influence.
Simple“The manager was amenable to our idea for a shorter work week.”
In context“Although the board was initially skeptical, they proved amenable to the restructuring proposal once the long-term benefits were clearly articulated.”
UsageUsually followed by the preposition 'to'.
Synonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
able to be dealt with or solved using a particular method.
capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to a specific treatment or type of analysis.
Simple“This specific medical condition is usually amenable to drug treatment.”
In context“The data set was not amenable to standard statistical analysis due to the high number of missing variables.”
UsageCommonly used in medical or scientific contexts with 'to'.
SynonymsAntonyms - 03 C2 Proficiency
having to answer to a legal authority or rule.
legally answerable or liable to the authority of a particular law, court, or person.
Simple“As a citizen living abroad, he was still amenable to the laws of his home country.”
In context“The treaty ensures that foreign contractors remain amenable to the jurisdiction of local courts regarding environmental damage.”
UsageTypically takes the preposition 'to'.
SynonymsAntonyms - 04 C2 Proficiency
a technical term for a group that has a special kind of average.
describing a locally compact topological group that possesses a translation-invariant mean.
Simple“The professor explained why every finite group is considered amenable.”
In context“The study of amenable groups has profound implications for von Neumann algebras and ergodic theory.”
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman amenable, amesnable, from amener (“to bring or lead, fetch in or to”) + -able (“-able”); amener is in turn from a- + mener (“to lead, conduct”), from Late Latin mināre (“to drive”), Latin deponent minārī (“to threaten, menace”).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.