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Definition: Advisability |
AdvisabilityNoun1. The quality of being advisable; "they questioned the advisability of our policy". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "advisability" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Antonym: inadvisability (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Advisability |
| English words defined with "advisability": Advisable-ness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "advisability": business and financial counsel ♦ corporate counsel, COUNSELOR, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY ♦ inspector, line ♦ LAWYER, ADMIRALTY, LAWYER, CORPORATION, LINE INSPECTOR ♦ PSYCHOLOGIST, COUNSELING. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The advisability of added sucrose intake above 5 percent of carbohydrate calories requires further investigation. (references) | |
Persons who have discontinued the diet should contact their clinic or treating physician(s) to evaluate the need or advisability of resuming dietary treatment. (references) | ||
Although oral bile acid therapy has been shown to be effective in the prevention of gallstone formation in certain highly susceptible individuals (e.g., those undergoing rapid weight reduction) the advisability of such treatment has not been established. (references) | ||
Travel | West Bank | Anyone refused entry or who has experienced difficulties with his/her visa status during a previous visit, or who has overstayed a visa, can obtain information from the nearest Israeli Embassy or Consulate regarding the advisability of attempting to return to Israel. (references) |
Israel | Interested U.S. visitors who have been refused entry or have experienced difficulties with their visa status during previous visits, or who have overstayed a visa during previous visits, can obtain information from the Israeli Embassy or an Israeli consulate regarding the advisability of attempting to return to Israel. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Advisability" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Advisability" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 24 | 71,196 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "advisability"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | уместност (appropriateness, felicity, neatness, pertinence, poignancy, propriety, relevance, relevancy), целесъобразност (expedience, expediency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可劝性. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hensigtsmaessighed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wenselijkheid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | opportunité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ratsamkeit (advisedness, expedience, expediency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ορθότητα (accuracy, correctness, nicety, propriety, rectitude, rightness, soundness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tanácsos volta vminek, ajánlatosság (expedience, expediency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kelayakan (expediency, properness, worthiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | opportunit (chance, expedience, expediency, fitness, occasion, opening, opportuneness, opportunity, possibility, suitability, timeliness), opportunita', convenienza (advantage, cheapness, convenience, expedience, expediency, fitness, gain, propriety, suitability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 可否 (ayes and noes, pro and con, propriety, right and wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かひ (ayes and noes, floral envelope, fruit peeling, perianth, pro and con, propriety, right and wrong, servant girl, tanka inscription). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | coyrlaght (advisableness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | advisabilityay oportunidade (break, chance, fitness, occasion, opportunity, room, scope, timeliness). (various references) желательность (desirability, wishfulness). (various references) savetodavnost. (various references) oportunidad (appropriateness, break, chance, competence, competency, expedience, expediency, innings, occasion, opening, opportuneness, opportunity, pertinence, pertinency, propriety, shot, show, suitability, timeliness, turn), conveniencia (convenience, desirability, expedience, expediency, fitness, propriety, suitability). (various references) lämpligheten. (various references) uygunluk (acceptability, accordance, adaptation, adequacy, appositeness, aptitude, coherence, coherency, comeliness, compatibility, concord, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruity, convenience, correctitude, correctness, correspondence, decency, expedience, expediency, felicity, fidelity, fitness, handiness, happiness, opportuneness, pertinence, propitiousness, propriety, relevance, relevancy, seemliness, sufficiency, suitability), tavsiye edilebilirlik. (various references) розсудливість (canniness, prudence, sobriety, soundness, wisdom), бажаність (eligibility), доцільність (expedience, expediency). (various references) tính chất thích hợp (advisableness), tính chất nên (advisableness), tính chất khôn ngoan (advisableness), tính chất đáng theo tính chất khôn (advisableness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words ending with "advisability": inadvisability. (additional references) | |
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"Advisability" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adviability. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "advisability" (pronounced a'dvī'zubi"lutē) |
| 8 | -z u b i" l u t ē | feasibility, invisibility, plausibility, visibility. |
| 7 | -u b i" l u t ē | ability, acceptability, accessibility, adaptability, admissibility, affordability, amiability, applicability, availability, believability, capability, comparability, compatibility, comprehensibility, convertibility, credibility, culpability, debility, deductibility, deniability, dependability, desirability, disability, durability, electability, eligibility, enforceability, fallibility, flammability, flexibility, gullibility, impossibility, inability, inaccessibility, incompatibility, indestructibility, inevitability, infallibility, inflexibility, instability, invincibility, invulnerability, irresponsibility, irritability, legibility, liability, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, miscibility, palatability, permeability, portability, possibility, predictability, probability, profitability, readability, reliability, respectability, responsibility, sensibility, stability, suitability, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, transferability, unavailability, unpredictability, unreliability, variability, viability, vulnerability. |
| 6 | -b i" l u t ē | immobility, mobility, nobility. |
| 5 | -i" l u t ē | agility, civility, docility, ductility, facility, fertility, fragility, futility, gentility, hostility, humility, incivility, infertility, motility, nonutility, senility, sterility, tranquility, utility, versatility, virility, volatility. |
| 4 | -l u t ē | abnormality, accountability, actuality, banality, bestiality, bisexuality, brutality, causality, centrality, collegiality, commonality, conditionality, confidentiality, congeniality, constitutionality, credulity, criminality, criticality, cyclicality, dimensionality, duality, equality, eventuality, extraterritoriality, fatality, fidelity, finality, formality, frivolity, frugality, functionality, generality, geniality, heterosexuality, homosexuality, hospitality, illegality, immorality, immortality, impartiality, impersonality, incredulity, individuality, inequality, infidelity, informality, instrumentality, irrationality, legality, lethality, liberality, locality, materiality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, neutrality, normality, originality, partiality, personality, plurality, polity, practicality, principality, proportionality, punctuality, quality, rationality, reality, seasonality, sensuality, sentimentality, sexuality, speciality, spirituality, technicality, theatricality, tonality, totality, triviality, universality, unreality, venality, vitality. |
| 3 | -u t ē | absurdity, acidity, activity, acuity, adversity, affinity, aggressivity, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, antiquity, anxiety, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, barbarity, biodiversity, brevity, calamity, capacity, captivity, cavity, celebrity, charity, chastity, clarity, commodity, community, complexity, complicity, conductivity, conformity, congruity, connectivity, continuity, creativity, crotchety, curiosity, deformity, deity, density, depravity, deputy, dexterity, dignity, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, domesticity, duplicity, eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, enmity, enormity, entity, equanimity, equity, eternity, ethnicity, exclusivity, expressivity, extremity, falsity, familiarity, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, festivity, fluidity, fraternity, generosity, gratuity, gravity, heredity, heterogeneity, hilarity, homogeneity, humanity, humidity, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illiquidity, immaturity, immunity, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inactivity, incapacity, incongruity, indemnity, indignity, inequity, inferiority, infinity, infirmity, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, insularity, integrity, intensity, irregularity, laity, laxity, levity, liquidity, lividity, longevity, majority, masculinity, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, minority, modernity, monstrosity, morbidity, multiplicity, nativity, necessity, negativity, Nonconformity, nonentity, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, overcapacity, oversensitivity, parity, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, perpetuity, perplexity, perversity, piety, polarity, pomposity, popularity, posterity, priority, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, purity, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, reactivity, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, religiosity, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, security, selectivity, seniority, sensitivity, serendipity, serenity, severity, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, specificity, spontaneity, stupidity, subjectivity, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, temerity, tenacity, timidity, toxicity, Trinity, turbidity, ubiquity, unanimity, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, university, unpopularity, uppity, validity, vanity, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, veracity, Verity, vicinity, virginity, virtuosity, viscosity, voracity, vulgarity. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-i-i-i-l-s-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: disability. | |
-3 letters: advisably, viability. | |
-4 letters: basidial, lividity, satiably, validity. | |
-5 letters: ability, avidity, basidia, datival, dialist, idylist, staidly, stibial, visibly. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-i-i-i-l-s-t-v-y" | |
+2 letters: inadvisability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 64 76 69 73 61 62 69 6C 69 74 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.. ...- .. ... .- -... .. .-.. .. - -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100100 01110110 01101001 01110011 01100001 01100010 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A d v i s a b i l i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0064 0076 0069 0073 0061 0062 0069 006C 0069 0074 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)357088758567687578758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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