Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
debatable
(de|bat¦able)
Pronunciation:
/dɪˈbeɪtəb(ə)l/
adjective
open to discussion or argument:
it is debatable whether the country is coming out of recession
historical
(of land) on the border between two countries and claimed by each.
Derivatives
debatably
adverb
Spelling help
Remember that
debatable
ends with
-able
.
Nearby Words
deb
debacle
debag
deballast
debar
debark
1
debark
2
debase
debased
debatable
debate
debating point
debauch
debauched
debauchee
debauchery
debby
debeak
debenture