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Word: Plausible
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
mid 16th century (also in the sense ‘deserving applause or approval’): from Latin plausibilis, from plaus- ‘applauded’, from the verb plaudere
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈplɔːzɪbl
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of an argument or statement) seeming reasonable or probable
Short Definition:seeming reasonable or probable
Examples:- a plausible explanation
- it seems plausible that one of two things may happen
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