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tenable

[ ten-uh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute:

    a tenable theory.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. capable of being occupied, possessed, held, or enjoyed, as under certain conditions:

    a research grant tenable for two years.



tenable

/ 藞迟蓻苍蓹产蓹濒 /

adjective

  1. able to be upheld, believed, maintained, or defended
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藢迟别苍补藞产颈濒颈迟测, noun
  • 藞迟别苍补产濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟别苍顎卆路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 迟别苍顎僡路产濒别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 迟别苍顎僡路产濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎卼别苍路补路产颈濒顎僫路迟测 noun
  • 苍辞苍路迟别苍顎僡路产濒别 adjective
  • non路迟别苍顎僡路产濒别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • non路迟别苍顎僡路产濒测 adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tenable1

1570鈥80; < French: that can be held, equivalent to ten ( ir ) to hold (鈮 Latin 迟别苍脓谤别 ) + -able -able
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tenable1

C16: from Old French, from tenir to hold, from Latin 迟别苍脓谤别
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Donaldson favors, as I do, killing the current dinner and instituting something more tenable, but less Hollywood in nature.

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A Kurdish defeat may convince him staying is no longer tenable.

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The petition calling for his resignation, which accused the archbishop of "allowing abuse to continue" and said his position was "no longer tenable", was signed by more than 14,000 people.

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"How can we honestly say to workers in Northern Ireland you鈥檙e worth less than workers in England, Wales, and Scotland. It鈥檚 not a tenable decision," she added.

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"Given his role in allowing abuse to continue, we believe that his continuing as the Archbishop of Canterbury is no longer tenable," the petition reads.

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