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# plausible

«plausible» in Mova's school dictionary: **Seeming likely to be true or reasonable, so people can…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (plausible, more plausible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Seeming likely to be true or reasonable, so people can believe it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#m1)

2) (of a person) Good at making people believe things, sometimes when not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons a plausible explanation or prediction fits the facts. In maths, checking that your answer is plausible (sensible) is estimation: a child cannot be 300 cm tall. In stories and safety, a plausible liar sounds believable. Phrases: a plausible answer, a plausible excuse.

### examples

- That sounds like a plausible excuse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#x1)
- Is 5 000 pupils in one class a plausible answer? No! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#x2)
- Give a plausible reason why the ice melted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#x3)
- The story was plausible, but it was a lie. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#x4)
- The detective needed a plausible suspect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#x5)
- It is plausible that it will rain later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plausible/#x6)

### note

Adverb: plausibly. Opposite: implausible. Ends in -ible. Maths: always ask «is my answer plausible?» — compare it with an estimate.

### In the corpora

- ["Plausible deniability" means an arrangement that lets leaders deny they knew about something.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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