What (who) is desirable - definition
Desirable
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Desirable (1934); Desirable (disambiguation)
·vt Worthy of desire or longing; fitted to excite desire or a wish to possess; pleasing; agreeable.
desirable
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Desirable (1934); Desirable (disambiguation)
¦ adjective wished for as being attractive, useful, or necessary.
?(of a person) arousing sexual desire.
¦ noun a desirable person or thing.
Derivatives
desirability noun
desirableness noun
desirably adverb
desirable
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Desirable (1934); Desirable (disambiguation)
1.
Something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful, necessary, or popular.
Prolonged negotiation was not desirable...
ADJ
• desirability
...the desirability of democratic reform.
N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n/-ing
2.
Someone who is desirable is considered to be sexually attractive.
...the young women whom his classmates thought most desirable.
ADJ
• desirability
...Veronica's desirability.
N-UNCOUNT: usu poss N
Pronunciation examples for desirable
1. What's desirable?
Scaling Up Excellence _ Bob Sutton & Huggy Rao _ Talks at Google
2. He is obsessed: "Am I desirable? How desirable?
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3. It's highly desirable.
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4. more desirable and successful.
Idina Menzel - Broadway Legend & Vocal Sensation _ Talks at Google
5. indicated desirable personal qualities --
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Examples of use of desirable
1. That‘s desirable, but it‘s an inconsequential episode.
2. Youth was desirable, and freshness, and diversity.
3. In this country, 82 percent of Americans think it is very desirable or somewhat desirable for the United States to exert leadership.
4. Anything that helps to break this habit is desirable.
5. But merely by occurring, the meeting may have desirable results.