MEANING
Large or clear enough to be noticed or considered important in the context.
Use it for
describing a change large enough to take into account; distinguishing a noticeable effect from a negligible one; qualifying the practical size of a differenceDistinguishes a noticeable or consequential amount from a change too small to matter in context. Academic functions: Significance / Scope.
Words that belong together
- an appreciable difference
- an appreciable effect
- an appreciable increase
On the page
The revision produced an appreciable improvement in readability without changing the argument.
An appreciable rise in spending need not produce an equally appreciable rise in wellbeing.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- appreciable
Usage notes
Adjective, usually appreciable + amount/change/effect. More appreciable is possible, but no ordinary -er/-est forms. Register: formal. Commonness: moderately common (qualitative editorial estimate, informed by dictionaries/corpus).
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