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aggettivosostantivoattestato nei dialoghi

  • Regno Unito//dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl//
  • Regno Unito/[dɪˈzaɪ(j)əɹəbəɫ]/
  • Canada//dɪˈzaɪɹəbəl//
  • Canada/[dɪˈzaɪɹəbəɫ]/
  • Canada/[dɪˈzaɪɹəbɫ̩]/

Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

aggettivo

  1. 1

    Worthy to be desired; pleasing; agreeable.

    This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

    It has long been recognised that complete segregation of control of the respective services provided by the two undertakings, and of the power supply, signalling, and tracks relating to each was desirable.

    With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]

  2. 2

    Sexually attractive.

    The desirable Miss Moneypenny, M's all-powerful private secretary, gave him an encouraging smile and he walked through the double doors.

Etimologia

From Old French desirable. Morphologically desire + -able.

sostantivo

  1. 1

    A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

    There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

Forme

plurale
desirables
comparativo
more desirable
superlativo
most desirable
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