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   tenable

   /ˈtɛnəbl/

   adjective

   • 1. able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection: "such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable"
   • 2. (of an office, position, scholarship, etc.) able to be held or used: "a scholarship of £200 per annum tenable for three years"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French, from tenir ‘to hold’, from Latin tenere.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tenability noun
   • 2. tenableness noun

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   What does tenable mean?

   • Did you know? Tenable means "holdable". In the past it was often used in a physical sense—for example, to refer to a city that an army was trying to "hold" militarily against an enemy force. But nowadays it's almost always used when speaking of "held" ideas and theories.

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   What is a tenable theory?

   • a tenable theory. a research grant tenable for two years. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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   Is a plan tenable?

   • If your plan is tenable, it will probably hold together when you execute it, or hold up to scrutiny. It's good to note that the opposite of tenable is untenable and not intenable, though throughout history both have been used. "Tenable."

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   Is the calculation of chances tenable?

   • The common theory, therefore, of the calculation of chances, appears to be tenable. Neither the harbour nor the town was tenable any longer, and orders were given for the embarkation of the troops. Our position in the fort was only tenable, provided the troops on our left held their position.

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   tenable: [adjective] capable of being held, maintained, or defended : defensible, reasonable.

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   TENABLE definition: 1. (of an opinion or position) able to be defended successfully or held for a particular period of…. Learn more.

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   TENABLE meaning: 1. (of an opinion or position) able to be defended successfully or held for a particular period of…. Learn more.

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   Able to be upheld, believed, maintained, or defended.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   tenable: 1 adj based on sound reasoning or evidence Synonyms: well-founded reasonable , sensible showing reason or sound judgment

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   Tenable definition: capable of being held, maintained, or defended, as against attack or dispute. See examples of TENABLE used in a sentence.

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   Define tenable. tenable synonyms, tenable pronunciation, tenable translation, English dictionary definition of tenable. adj. 1. Capable of being maintained in argument; rationally defensible: a tenable theory.