Word
amenable
US/əˈmɛnəbəɫ/
UK/ɐmˈiːnəbəl/
Definitions
01willing to cooperate
C1 · Advanced Formal
adj. willing to accept a suggestion or be persuaded by someone.
adj. willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions; open to influence.
“The manager was amenable to our idea for a shorter work week.”
“Although the board was initially skeptical, they proved amenable to the restructuring proposal once the long-term benefits were clearly articulated.”
Usage
Usually followed by the preposition 'to'.
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02capable of being treated
C1 · Advanced Formal · Technical
adj. able to be dealt with or solved using a particular method.
adj. capable of being acted upon in a particular way; susceptible to a specific treatment or type of analysis.
“This specific medical condition is usually amenable to drug treatment.”
“The data set was not amenable to standard statistical analysis due to the high number of missing variables.”
Usage
Commonly used in medical or scientific contexts with 'to'.
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03legally responsible
C2 · Proficiency Law Formal · Technical
adj. having to answer to a legal authority or rule.
adj. legally answerable or liable to the authority of a particular law, court, or person.
“As a citizen living abroad, he was still amenable to the laws of his home country.”
“The treaty ensures that foreign contractors remain amenable to the jurisdiction of local courts regarding environmental damage.”
Usage
Typically takes the preposition 'to'.
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04mathematical property
C2 · Proficiency Mathematics Technical
adj. a technical term for a group that has a special kind of average.
adj. describing a locally compact topological group that possesses a translation-invariant mean.
“The professor explained why every finite group is considered amenable.”
“The study of amenable groups has profound implications for von Neumann algebras and ergodic theory.”
Real-World Examples
“By demonstrating that TKPs are amenable to bioengineering, the study sets the stage for further research into many recently discovered TKPs in diverse cereal crops.” “The careful search for an authoritative source is not readily amenable to rules.” Etymology
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.
Domains
- Exam level
- CambridgeCambridgeCambridge English QualificationsThe exam suite from Cambridge University Press & Assessment, from A1 Movers up to C2 Proficiency. The benchmark names double as CEFR labels.C1 AdvancedIELTSIELTSInternational English Language Testing SystemThe 0–9 band test co-owned by the British Council, IDP, and Cambridge. Used for university entry, work, and migration.7.0–8.0TOEFL iBTTOEFL iBTTest of English as a Foreign Language, Internet-Based TestETS's academic English test, the standard route for US university admissions. Scored 0–120, with a 1–6 scale since 2026.1–6 scale: 5.0–5.595–113TOEICTOEICTest of English for International CommunicationETS's workplace English test, big in Japan and Korea. Listening & Reading scores 10–990 and tops out at C1.945–990
- Frequency
- Occasional
- Level
- C1 · Advanced
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