Notable
['nəʊtəb(ə)l] or ['notəbl]
Definition
(a.) Capable of being noted; noticeable; plan; evident.
(a.) Worthy of notice; remarkable; memorable; noted or distinguished; as, a notable event, person.
(a.) Well-known; notorious.
(n.) A person, or thing, of distinction.
(n.) One of a number of persons, before the revolution of 1789, chiefly of the higher orders, appointed by the king to constitute a representative body.
Editor: Trudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Remarkable, memorable, extraordinary, signal, distinguished, noted, worthy of notice.
a. Active, diligent, sedulous, industrious, assiduous, busy, watchful, attentive, careful.
Checker: Tina
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See REMARKABLE]
Edited by Caleb
Definition
adj. worthy of being known or noted: remarkable: memorable: distinguished: notorious: capable clever industrious.—n. a person or thing worthy of note esp. in pl. for persons of distinction and political importance in France in pre-Revolution times.—n.pl. Notabil′ia things worthy of notice: noteworthy sayings.—ns. Notabil′ity the being notable: a notable person or thing; Nō′tableness.—adv. Nō′tably.
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Examples
- While the arcs with plain carbons are bluish-white, those with carbons containing calcium fluoride have a notable golden glow. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Chief among the bicycle manufacturers who took up the making of the motor-paced tandem was Oscar Hedstrom, a racer with many notable victories to his credit. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- In late years notable work has been done at the Lick Observatory by Prof. Holden. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I record it here as a notable but not discreditable fact that not even our pilgrims wept. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- In 1770 Dr. Priestley published the fact that this rubber had become notable for rubbing out pencil marks, bits of it being sold for a high price for that purpose. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In the early part of the century much notable work was done. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This was a very notable and original re-invention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In Germany the operations of Krupp as a gun maker began to be notable about this period. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- One notable afternoon was that on which the New York board of aldermen took a special train out to Menlo Park to see the lighting system with its conductors underground in operation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- From the dome of St. Peter's one can see every notable object in Rome, from the Castle of St. Angelo to the Coliseum. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Edison made another notable contribution to multiplex telegraphy some years later in the Phonoplex. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The antiseptic treatment of wounds, by which the long and exhausting suppuration is avoided, is among the most notable of the latter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia, has had a notable career in the field of locomotive construction. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Yet divided and disabled as she was, she could yet count some notable victories to her credit. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On referring to the catalogue, I found that this notable production bore the name Cleopatra. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There must be a gathering of the Notables of the kingdom to consider the situation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To the gathering of notables, a summoned assembly of leading men, Calonne propounded a scheme for a subsidy to be levied upon all landed property. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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