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Definitions for desirable
dɪˈzaɪər ə bəlde·sir·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. desirableadjective

    worth having or seeking or achieving

    "a desirable job"; "computer with many desirable features"; "a desirable outcome"

  2. desirable, suitable, worthyadjective

    worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse

    "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

Wiktionary

  1. desirablenoun

    A thing that people want; something that is desirable.

    There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.

  2. desirableadjective

    describing something worth having, that is useful to have, or that would be nice to have.

    This applicant has almost all desirable properties.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Desirableadjective

    Etymology: from desire.

    She then let drop some expressions about an agate snuff-box; I immediately took the hint, and bought one, being unwilling to omit any thing that might make me desirable in her eyes. Joseph Addison, Guardian, №. 97.

    Our own sex, our kindred, our houses, and our very names, seem to have something good and desirable in them. Isaac Watts.

    Adjudged cases, collected by men of great sagacity, will improve his mind, toward acquiring this desirable amplitude and extent of thought. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

    He cannot but confess, that it is a thing the most desirable to man, and most agreeable to the goodness of God, that he should send forth his light and his truth by a special revelation of his will. John Rogers, Sermon iii.

ChatGPT

  1. desirable

    Desirable refers to a quality, attribute, or aspect that is attractive, appealing, or worthy of having or achieving. It indicates something that people wish to own, possess, or achieve due to its perceived value, benefits, or potential for positive outcomes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Desirableverb

    worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable

  2. Etymology: [F. dsirable, fr. L. desiderabilis. See Desire, v. t.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'desirable' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4257

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'desirable' in Adjectives Frequency: #579

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of desirable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of desirable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of desirable in a Sentence

  1. Siemens Chief Executive Joe Kaeser:

    It's a question of keeping a cool head and keeping an eye on how things develop, because things are developing which are not really desirable in a modern democracy.

  2. Daniel Moreno:

    What we know is that over the past six years since the events in the Ukraine happened, the U.S. and EU have been continually applying sanctions, the question is, are these sanctions having any desirable effect (for the West)? I think the answer is definitively 'no'.

  3. Simon Stevens:

    There is now significant planning going on around all the scenarios including these medicines supply scenarios, there's extensive work under way now between the department of health, other parts of government, the life sciences industry, the pharma companies. Nobody is pretending this is a desirable situation but if that's what we get to then it will not have been unforeseen.

  4. Christopher Eastham:

    There is a need for clarity from lawmakers and guidance from regulators, who will ultimately need to decide in what circumstances the use of this technology will be appropriate or desirable as a matter of public policy.

  5. Kristin Smith:

    It's certainly not the type of publicity that we want for Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency, but it's really important to realize that this was a hack and the crime is the hack, it's not the fact that Bitcoin was the desirable prize of this attack.

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