purchasable

«purchasable» in Mova's school dictionary: purchasable online — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (purchasable)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) Able to be bought: Tickets are purchasable online. tree →

2) Available for sale. tree →

sense in the lessons

A formal word for notices, games and shops: «purchasable items», «extra lives purchasable in the app» — a warning that games may ask for money. In maths problems it marks what can be bought with a set amount. Everyday speech says «you can buy it» or «for sale».

examples

• Tickets are purchasable at the door. tree →
• Extra coins are purchasable in the game — ask a grown-up first. tree →
• Not every item in the museum shop is purchasable. tree →
• With $10, which of these items are purchasable? tree →
• Lunch is purchasable from the canteen. tree →
• Seeds are purchasable at the garden centre. tree →

note

From «purchase» (buy) + «-able»; the e is dropped. Formal; everyday: «for sale», «available». Opposite: unpurchasable (rare).

Trees and pragmatics

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