callable
/kˈɔləbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That can be called.
noun
Example Sentences
- "The list of server tasks is a compromise between only one task for all remotely callable subprograms and one task for each remotely callable subprogram."
- "Historically, all viable frameworks have always provided a mechanism to implement callbacks. C# goes one step further and encapsulates callbacks into callable objects called delegates."
- "The ctypes module can be used to create Python callables that wrap around arbitrary memory addresses."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gels-der. Proto-Indo-European *golsos Proto-Germanic *kalzazder. Proto-Germanic *kalzōną Proto-West Germanic *kalʀōn Old English cealliander. Old English *callian Middle English callen English call Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English callable From call + -able.