recordable
/ɹɪkˈɔɹdəbəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
That can be recorded; capturable.
adj
adj
Liable to be retained on someone's criminal record.
Example Sentences
- "Sound and movement are recordable by means of microphones and cameras."
- "User actions are recordable in a macro for playback at a later time."
- "Marper, who was 38 years of age and of good character, was arrested and charged with harassment of his partner. The police took his fingerprints and DNA samples. His partner became reconciled with him and decided not to press the charges, and the case was formally discontinued. The police refused to destroy the fingerprints and samples. In both cases the police relied on the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, which allows the police to take and to retain indefinitely, without consent, fingerprints and DNA samples from a person of any age who has been arrested in connection with a “recordable” offence."
Etymology
Etymology tree English record Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English recordable From record + -able.
Inflected Forms
more recordable (comparative)
most recordable (superlative)