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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Tenable \Ten"a*ble\ (t[e^]n"[.a]*b'l), a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.] Capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or against attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. [1913 Webster] If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Tenable \Ten"a*ble\, a. [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent.] Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress, a tenable argument. If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. --Shak. I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. --Sir W. Scott.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
tenable adj : based on sound reasoning or evidence; "a reasonable argument"; "well-founded suspicions" [syn: well-founded]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tenable Γαλλικά a. 1 (ετ στρατ fr) που μπορεί να κρατώ, να υπερασπίζω για κάποιο χρονικό διάστημα 2 υποφερτόςFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tenable French a. (l en tenable)From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
tenable a. 1 (lb en of a theory, argument, etc.) capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded 2 (lb en military) Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensibleFrom English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
tenable French a. (l en tenable)From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
tenable French a. (l en tenable)From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tenable Englanti a. kestävä; pitävä, päteväFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
tenable Engelska a. hållbarFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ متَقبَّلFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
tenable //ˈtɛn.ə.bəl//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. удържим, устойчив of a defensive structure: capable of being defended 2. защитим of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]udržitelný
tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ haltbarFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ vertretbarFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]Note: Argument Synonym: defensible see: unjustifiable, indefensible, untenable Note: argument
tenable //ˈtɛn.ə.bəl//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. kestävä, puolustettava of a defensive structure: capable of being defended 2. kestävä, perusteltava, pätevä, uskottava of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. तर्कसंगत "His statement is tenable."
tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ održiv, postojan, trajan, čvrstFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ 1. megvédhetô 2. tarthatóFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
tenable /ˈtenəbəl/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]do utrzymania, mogący być obroniony
tenable //ˈtɛn.ə.bəl//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]hållbar of a theory, argument etc: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
tenable /tˈɛnəbəl/ 1. makul 2. inanılabilen 3. elde tutulabilir 4. bahiste ispatı mümkün olan 5. savunması kolay. tenableness, tenabil'ity makul olma .tenably makulce.From français-Deutsch FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:fra-deu ]
tenable /tə.nabl/From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]auszuhalten, erträglich
From IPA:fr : [ IPA:fr ]/ˈtɛnəbəɫ/
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/tənabl/
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "tenable": OK, acceptable, admissible, agreeable, all right, alright, arguable, believable, colorable, conceivable, condonable, credible, creditable, defendable, defensible, excusable, fiduciary, good enough, imaginable, impregnable, justifiable, maintainable, okay, passable, plausible, possible, rational, reasonable, reliable, secure, supportable, trustworthy, trusty, unexceptionable, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, unquestionable, viable, vindicable, warrantable, workable, worthy of faithFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 可守的,可主张的,有条理的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 可守的,可主张的,有条理的,成立的