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# measurable

adjective (measurable)

«measurable» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Measurable means able to be measured. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#m1)
2. Measurable also means big enough to be noticed, like a measurable difference. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths and science: length, mass, time and temperature are measurable; in goals and school reports, «measurable progress» means you can show how much better.

### Examples

- Height is measurable with a tape measure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#x1)
- Is happiness measurable? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#x2)
- There was a measurable rise in temperature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#x3)
- Set a measurable goal, like reading 20 pages a day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#x4)
- The plant showed measurable growth in a week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#x5)
- Kindness isn't easily measurable. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/#x6)

### Note

Spelling: drop the final e of «measure» and add «-able»: measurable. Opposite: immeasurable (too big to measure).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «measurable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/measurable/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«measurable» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/measurable.html) on Mova free.