Tractable
adjective
Easy to control or influence.
The students were tractable and listened to the teacher's instructions.
Often appears as...
- tractable issue
- tractable problem
adjective
Easy to deal with or make a plan for.
The project was tractable and went smoothly.
Often appears as...
- tractable project
- tractable plan
adjective
Easy to control or influence.
The students were tractable and listened to the teacher's instructions.
Often appears as...
- tractable issue
- tractable problem
adjective
Easy to deal with or make a plan for.
The project was tractable and went smoothly.
Often appears as...
- tractable project
- tractable plan
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Influence
Use 'tractable' when people behave in a cooperative way that allows guidance.
The new policy was introduced to a tractable audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Tractable' might imply a lack of independence or resistance, sometimes seen as a negative.
She was so tractable that her friends made all her choices for her.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Control
Implies control without force or confrontation, often through persuasion or influence.
The mediator found the group to be tractable and steered them to agreement.
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Influence
Use 'tractable' when people behave in a cooperative way that allows guidance.
The new policy was introduced to a tractable audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Tractable' might imply a lack of independence or resistance, sometimes seen as a negative.
She was so tractable that her friends made all her choices for her.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Control
Implies control without force or confrontation, often through persuasion or influence.
The mediator found the group to be tractable and steered them to agreement.
Pro Tip 1/3Behavior Influence
Use 'tractable' when people behave in a cooperative way that allows guidance.
The new policy was introduced to a tractable audience.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Tractable' might imply a lack of independence or resistance, sometimes seen as a negative.
She was so tractable that her friends made all her choices for her.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Control
Implies control without force or confrontation, often through persuasion or influence.
The mediator found the group to be tractable and steered them to agreement.
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Video examples
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Video examples
Time is memory and you...
time is memory so how do we study this in the lab in the lab we've come up with very simple ways to try to mimic these ideas of contextual stability and change in experimentally tractable ways and in
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
All these things that we've contemplated, whether it's space travel or solutions to diseases that plague us, Ebola virus, all of these things would be a lot more tractable if the machines are trying to solve these problems.
Quote examples
Martin Rees
British Scientist
Most practising scientists focus on 'bite-sized' problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the big picture.
Quote examples
Oren Etzioni
American Businessman
All these things that we've contemplated, whether it's space travel or solutions to diseases that plague us, Ebola virus, all of these things would be a lot more tractable if the machines are trying to solve these problems.
Quote examples
Martin Rees
British Scientist
Most practising scientists focus on 'bite-sized' problems that are timely and tractable. The occupational risk is then to lose sight of the big picture.
Example 1 of 2
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