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# notable

«notable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Worth noticing or important enough to be noticed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (notable; more notable); noun (a notable, notables — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Worth noticing or important enough to be noticed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#m1)

2) Famous or well known, as in "a notable writer". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#m2)

3) (noun, formal) An important or famous person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used in history and news ("notable events", "notable people") and in school writing for something important. Phrases: "notable for", "a notable exception" (one that doesn't follow the pattern).

### examples

- The town is notable for its old castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#x1)
- Marie Curie was a notable scientist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#x2)
- There was a notable improvement in his reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#x3)
- Most birds can fly; the penguin is a notable exception. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#x4)
- The day's notable events were a fire drill and a visit from an author. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#x5)
- Many local notables came to the opening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#x6)
- Her kindness was notable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/notable/#x7)

### note

Adverb "notably" (especially). Similar: "noteworthy", "remarkable". Not the same as "noticeable" (easy to see); "notable" means important or worth mentioning.

### Trees and pragmatics

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