Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- See
getable .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare That may be obtained.
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- adjective That may be
obtained .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being obtained
Etymologies
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Examples
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My experience is that new hardware is either 'gettable' or not.
Publishers' Dreams Come True - Steve Rosenbaum - MediaBizBloggers 2010
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My experience is that new hardware is either 'gettable' or not.
Publishers' Dreams Come True - Steve Rosenbaum - MediaBizBloggers 2010
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My experience is that new hardware is either 'gettable' or not.
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Obama would seem to be much better positioned to reach those "gettable" non-Democrats, and also could wage a generational campaign against McCain more effectively than Clinton could.
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Even if you understand the first cake military, as has already been explained, it's still a wreck...uneven centering, the "gettable" is something I'd like to forget, and the tadpoles swimming around the border... poor "class"
The "Year" of the "Grad" Jen 2009
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The key poll is one that says that, of the 20 percent or so voters who are undecided and "gettable," most already have a negative view of George Bush.
Digital Dispatches 2007
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Kennedy, Alito, and Roberts seemed to indicate they were "gettable" votes or Kennedy indicated that in one of his questions, though I doubt Alito is "gettable".
"'The office of student services has disapproved your transfer request' because it would 'have an adverse effect on desegregation compliance.'" Ann Althouse 2006
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So, I think Brown is "gettable", maybe not in the HCR vote (He did campaign against it) but in many others where only the ladies from Maine had been considered reachable.
The Nation: Top Stories Nick Broten 2010
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So, I think Brown is "gettable", maybe not in the HCR vote (He did campaign against it) but in many others where only the ladies from Maine had been considered reachable.
The Nation: Top Stories Nick Broten 2010
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But if the impression sets in that it is just another partisan wolf in sheep's clothing, or its agenda is to destroy President Obama instead of demanding more accountability from our government, many "gettable" independents and moderates will tune them out for good, much as they have done with the two major parties.
Forbes.com: News Dan Gerstein 2010
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