desirable

«desirable» in Mova's school dictionary: worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (desirable, more desirable, most desirable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Desirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive. tree →

2) (formal) Desirable means advisable or a good idea. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a desirable house, a desirable job. In job adverts and school tasks: «experience is desirable but not essential» means it helps but is not required. In science and ethics: a desirable outcome is a good result. Opposite: undesirable.

examples

• A garden is desirable when you have a dog. tree →
• It is desirable to arrive ten minutes early. tree →
• Good teamwork is a desirable skill. tree →
• The house is in a very desirable area. tree →
• The advert said French was desirable but not essential. tree →
• A healthy breakfast is desirable before a long day. tree →
• The King answered that in a certain country there was a King who had a beautiful daughter, and he thought it would be most desirable if Sigurd could get her. tree →

note

Spelling: desire + able = desirable (drop the e). Noun: desirability. «Desirable» in job adverts means nice to have, «essential» means you must have it.

In the corpora

• Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;
• For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.
• There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «desirable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.