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amenable

Adjective

IPA /əˈmiːnəbl/

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Meaning in plain English

Willing to listen to a suggestion, accept advice or cooperate with other people instead of resisting their ideas.

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Pronunciation

amenable/əˈmiːnəbl/

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Someone amenable to a suggestion is willing to consider it and cooperate.

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My landlord was amenable to letting me keep a cat.
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amenable — Willing to listen to a suggestion, accept advice or cooperate with other people instead of resisting their ideas.

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Willing to listen to a suggestion, accept advice or cooperate with other people instead of resisting their ideas.

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Word origin

From an Anglo-Norman legal term related to Old French amener, meaning bring to.

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Amenable can describe a generally cooperative person or someone's willingness to consider one specific idea.

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