plausible explanation

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• plausible — [[t]plɔ͟ːzɪb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED An explanation or statement that is plausible seems likely to be true or valid. A more plausible explanation would seem to be that people are fed up with the Conservative government... That explanation seems… …   English dictionary

• plausible — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ make sth ▪ find sth, think sth ▪ He did not think it plausible that all the differences could be explained in this way …   Collocations dictionary

• plausible — UK [ˈplɔːzəb(ə)l] / US [ˈplɔzəb(ə)l] adjective 1) likely to be true A bomb was the only plausible explanation for the crash. The story was plausible but that didn t necessarily mean it was true. 2) someone who is plausible seems to be honest and… …   English dictionary

• plausible — plau|si|ble [ˈplo:zıbəl US ˈplo: ] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: plausibilis worth applauding , from plaudere; PLAUDITS] 1.) reasonable and likely to be true or successful ≠ ↑implausible ▪ His story certainly sounds plausible. ▪ a… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• plausible — plau|si|ble [ plɔzəbl ] adjective 1. ) likely to be true: REASONABLE: A bomb was the only plausible explanation for the crash. The story was plausible but that didn t necessarily mean it was true. ─ opposite IMPLAUSIBLE 2. ) able to be considered …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• plausible — adjective a plausible explanation Syn: credible, reasonable, believable, likely, feasible, tenable, possible, conceivable, imaginable; convincing, persuasive, cogent, sound, rational, logical, thinkable See note at …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Plausible deniability — is, at root, credible (plausible) ability to deny a fact or allegation, or to deny previous knowledge of a fact. The term most often refers to the denial of blame in (formal or informal) chains of command, where upper rungs quarantine the blame… …   Wikipedia

• plausible — plausible, credible, believable, colorable, specious are comparable when they mean capable of impressing the observer, auditor, or reader as truly or genuinely possessing the quality or character that is set forth or claimed. A thing or sometimes …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• explanation — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ convincing, credible, good, likely, logical, natural, obvious, plausible, probable, rational ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• plausible — adjective 1 a statement that is plausible is reasonable and seems likely to be true: His explanation sounds fairly plausible to me. 2 someone who is plausible is good at talking in a way that sounds reasonable and truthful, although they may in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cosmos — /koz meuhs, mohs/, n., pl. cosmos, cosmoses for 2, 4. 1. the world or universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious system. 2. a complete, orderly, harmonious system. 3. order; harmony. 4. any composite plant of the genus Cosmos, of tropical… …   Universalium