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# desirable

«desirable» in Mova's school dictionary: **worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (desirable, more desirable, most desirable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Desirable means worth having or wanting; good, useful or attractive. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#m1)

2) (formal) Desirable means advisable or a good idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a desirable house, a desirable job. In job adverts and school tasks: «experience is desirable but not essential» means it helps but is not required. In science and ethics: a desirable outcome is a good result. Opposite: undesirable.

### examples

- A garden is desirable when you have a dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#x1)
- It is desirable to arrive ten minutes early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#x2)
- Good teamwork is a desirable skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#x3)
- The house is in a very desirable area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#x4)
- The advert said French was desirable but not essential. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#x5)
- A healthy breakfast is desirable before a long day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#x6)
- The King answered that in a certain country there was a King who had a beautiful daughter, and he thought it would be most desirable if Sigurd could get her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/#x7)

### note

Spelling: desire + able = desirable (drop the e). Noun: desirability. «Desirable» in job adverts means nice to have, «essential» means you must have it.

### In the corpora

- [Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1930/)
- [For wisdom is better than rubies, and all things desirable are not to be compared unto her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.214/)
- [There is desirable treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swalloweth it up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.608/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «desirable» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/desirable/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.