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What does plausible mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word plausible? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Seemingly or apparently valid, likely, or acceptable; credible
  2. Obtaining approbation; specifically pleasing; apparently right; specious.
  3. (obsolete) Worthy of being applauded; praiseworthy; commendable; ready.
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It is intuitively plausible, yet many philosophers, especially pragmatists and Wittgensteinians, reject it.
I consider that on balance, on the material before me, this explanation is plausible.
A discourse for which there were few takers earlier began to sound plausible.
It is a handsome period recreation, full of action that is both exciting and plausible, and gives you a thing or two to think about.
Nobody can know what kind of world will result from the interplay of these forces, but it is possible to envisage plausible futures.
One cannot exactly say that this solution, though plausible and well grounded, has been accepted by subsequent scholars.

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