tenable
pronunciation
How to pronounce tenable in British English:
UK [ˈtenəbl]
How to pronounce tenable in American English:
US [ˈtɛnəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- based on sound reasoning or evidence
Word Origin
- tenable (adj.)
- "capable of being held or maintained," 1570s, from Middle French tenable, from Old French (12c.), from tenir "to hold," from Latin tenere "to hold, keep" (see tenet).
Example
- 1. If it is tenable , how much is the dumping range ?
- 2. Such paternalism is no longer tenable .
- 3. That was not a prediction . But it still seems a tenable proposition .
- 4. But returning to the way things were is neither realistic nor morally tenable .
- 5. So the proposition " market economy is immoral " cannot be tenable .