: capable of being known : able to be determined or understood
This year, California votes March 3, and whether it offers a delegate haul for one candidate or a scramble between several candidates is not yet knowable.—
David Weigel
David WeigelAt the end of any year, a fixed and knowable number of us will have developed heart disease, and another number won't have.—Jeffrey Kluger and Alice Park
Jeffrey Kluger and Alice ParkA smear of orange tells everything knowable about light when it collides with the bottom of a copper pot.—Peter Schjedlahl
Peter SchjedlahlExamples of knowable in a Sentence
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The term, in the biblical sense, connotes an awe and respect of a greater, not entirely knowable power that puts humanity in its proper place.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
At the same time, technological progress has vastly expanded the realm of the knowable.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
Security can be no more absolute than the future can be knowable. . . .
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 26 Oct. 2020
LLMs are inherently less reliable and less knowable than classical programming, and that worries a lot of people in the field.
—David Berreby, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Yet, notwithstanding the power of perceptions, there is a world independent of language — knowable through experience — even if external reality is not divorced from observation and measurement.
—Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
But the internet’s sprawling databases, real-time social-media networks, and globe-spanning e-commerce platforms have made almost everything immediately searchable, knowable, or purchasable—curbing the social value of sharing new things.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
So try to talk the matter through — discussing the knowable facts, her fears and your hopes.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The only thing that is knowable and important for you is your long-term objectives and your investment strategy to achieve them.
—Jonathan Dash, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2024
At the same time, technological progress has vastly expanded the realm of the knowable.
—Scott Sayare Robert Petkoff Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 14 June 2024
Security can be no more absolute than the future can be knowable. . . .
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 26 Oct. 2020
LLMs are inherently less reliable and less knowable than classical programming, and that worries a lot of people in the field.
—David Berreby, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Yet, notwithstanding the power of perceptions, there is a world independent of language — knowable through experience — even if external reality is not divorced from observation and measurement.
—Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024
But the internet’s sprawling databases, real-time social-media networks, and globe-spanning e-commerce platforms have made almost everything immediately searchable, knowable, or purchasable—curbing the social value of sharing new things.
—W. David Marx, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
So try to talk the matter through — discussing the knowable facts, her fears and your hopes.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
The only thing that is knowable and important for you is your long-term objectives and your investment strategy to achieve them.
—Jonathan Dash, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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“Knowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/knowable. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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