be amenable

Frequency: 8.015.2 per million words

Indicates a state of being willing to agree or be influenced.

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Examples (10)

  • The new employee is very amenable to learning new skills.
  • He was not amenable to our suggestions at first, but he eventually came around.
  • I hope the committee will be amenable to changing the deadline.
  • We are looking for a candidate who is amenable to working flexible hours.
  • She has always been highly amenable to constructive criticism.
  • If the terms are amenable, we will sign the contract tomorrow.
  • Do you think the local council will be amenable to the new development plan?
  • The success of the project depends on whether all parties are amenable to compromise.
  • This type of clay is particularly amenable to being molded into complex shapes.
  • She was surprisingly amenable to the idea of moving abroad for the job.