Used in a Sentence

thinkable

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for thinkable.

Editorial note

Because our universe is NP-complete, given enough control over these universal bits, anything that is thinkable is possible.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.

adjective

(rare) Morally acceptable or legal.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for thinkable.

Example sentences

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Because our universe is NP-complete, given enough control over these universal bits, anything that is thinkable is possible.

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At that point you've de-risked the path enough that bootstrapping and venture funding and similar things become thinkable.

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It is thinkable that the attacker might attempt to use some form of a heuristic, such as e.g.

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And for the first time in over a decade the idea of switching seems thinkable to me.

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Or rather, it won't work until it's once again thinkable to impeach the President.

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Should everyone live to the strictest thinkable standards because somewhere out there is a semi-large group of people who find your behavior offensive?

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Yes, it has to be thinkable, but I don't know whether or not judicial decisions closely follow public opinion.

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As the pain of the current mismanagement increases, big changes will become thinkable.

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But the possibilities of pure, computer generated music have largely been explored, decomposed down to sample-level granularity and recomposed using all thinkable sound generating algorithms.

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Even when every thinkable and unthinkable thing will be produced by the machines, we will be able to focus on arts.

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Latest events around Ukraine have really made that thinkable.

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This move was very thinkable a decade ago.

Quote examples

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While escapist and fantasy worlds are fun and very much thinkable (and the line is pretty blurry if you think of the use of VR in therapy for example) reproducing reality is very much "a thing".

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One immediate consequence of a massless drive is that interstellar flight becomes far more "thinkable." It's not like we could build a starship tomorrow, but if this worked and if you could build a power plant (fusion?) capable of running a big one long enough, you could practically accelerate to meaningful fractions of the speed of light.

Proper noun examples

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>Thinkable is a more democratic approach Pedantically, it's a more market-oriented approach.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use thinkable in a sentence?

Because our universe is NP-complete, given enough control over these universal bits, anything that is thinkable is possible.

What does thinkable mean?

Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable.

What part of speech is thinkable?

thinkable is commonly used as adjective.