Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - desirable
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Desirable
desirable
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
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1.
I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. having pleasing qualities or properties ; attractive a ~ woman 2. worth seeking or doing as advantageous, beneficial, or wise ; advisable ~ legislation • ~ness noun • desirably adverb II. noun Date: 1645 one that is ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 worth having or wishing for (it is desirable that nobody should smoke). 2 arousing sexual desire; very attractive. Derivatives desirability n. desirableness n. desirably adv. Etymology: ME f. OF (as DESIRE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. желательный it is most desirable that he should do it —- он непременно должен это сделать 2. желанный; соблазнительный 3. приятный; подходящий 4. мат. искомый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj formal 1 something that is desirable is worth having or doing because it is useful or popular (highly desirable (=very desirable) | it is desirable that) (It is desirable that you should have some familiarity with computers.) (- compare undesirable) 2 someone who is desirable is very sexually attractive - desirably adv - desirablility n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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