Plausible
Meaning of Plausible
Seeming reasonable or likely.
ما معنى كلمة Plausible بالعربي؟
معقول ومقبول
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Synonyms & related words
Plausible in a sentence
A plausible plan convinced the board.
A plausible defence was raised by counsel.
A plausible answer still needs evidence.
A plausible mechanism links practice to HBDNF, and it is being tested.
Origin of Plausible
From Latin plausibilis 'deserving applause', from plaudere 'to clap'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, plausible does not mean proven. Genetic Invent tests plausible ideas before claiming them.
Plausible audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is "Plausible" — adjective, pronounced /ˈplɔːzəbl/, with the stress on "plau".
Narrator: Something plausible is believable enough to be accepted as reasonable, though not yet proven true.
Narrator: In plain English, it sounds right, and you could imagine it being the case.
Narrator: It comes from the Latin plausibilis, meaning deserving applause, from plaudere, to clap; what the crowd approved of became what the mind accepted.
Narrator: A common collocation is a plausible explanation, which describes an account that fits the known facts without strain.
Narrator: It differs from credible, because credible suggests a claim we actually trust, while plausible only says the claim could stand up to a first glance.
Narrator: There is also plausible deniability, a slightly wry phrase for an arrangement where someone could convincingly claim they knew nothing.
Narrator: Law, science, journalism, security research and software testing all rely on the word when weighing competing accounts of what happened.
Narrator: So remember: plausible means it holds together and sounds reasonable, but reasonable is not the same as proven.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: Why does plausible always feel a little suspicious to me?
Speaker B: Because it hints at doubt! PLAUSIBLE comes from Latin plaudere, to applaud, so it once meant worthy of applause, and now it means worthy of a nod rather than full belief.
Speaker A: So it sits somewhere between possible and certain?
Speaker B: Exactly that, and it is a lovely middle ground for careful thinkers who refuse to overclaim.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "She gave a plausible explanation for the missing files" — it fitted the facts. "The theory is plausible but untested" — reasonable, yet unproven. "He sounded entirely plausible on the phone" — convincing in manner, possibly not in truth.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Do not confuse plausible with proven, and never write plausable, because the correct spelling ends in i, b, l, e.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Credible is the trusting cousin, believable is the everyday twin, and reasonable is the calm alternative; but plausible keeps its faintly sceptical charm!
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Let's use "plausible" in AI prompts — useful for generating realistic test data and for reviewing incident reports.
Speaker A: How would that apply to test data first?
Speaker B: Ask the model to keep the fabricated records believable rather than random.
Prompt: Generate fifty plausible customer records for a staging database, with realistic British names, addresses and order histories, and no real personal data.
Speaker A: And for incident reports?
Speaker B: Have the model rank the candidate causes by how well they fit the evidence.
Prompt: Read this incident log and list the three most plausible root causes, ranking each by how well it explains the observed error pattern.
Speaker A: Could it help with code review as well?
Speaker B: Yes, especially when a bug has several possible origins.
Prompt: Review this function and describe the most plausible way it could fail in production, then suggest a guard against that failure.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: This one is for product writing, where invented user stories must still feel real.
Prompt: Write three plausible user stories for a mobile banking feature, each describing a realistic motivation, context and expected outcome.
Frequently asked questions about Plausible
What does Plausible mean?
Seeming reasonable or likely.
ما معنى كلمة Plausible بالعربي؟
معقول ومقبول — 🤔💡 معقول ومقبول منطقياً؛ محتمل الحدوث ومُبرر بالأدلة؛ قابل للتصديق بناءً على المعلومات والحقائق المتوفرة 💡✅
How do you pronounce Plausible?
Plausible is pronounced /ˈplɔːzəbl/ and is used as an adjective.
How is Plausible used in a sentence?
A plausible plan convinced the board.
What are synonyms of Plausible?
believable, credible, reasonable, likely, convincing, feasible.