Tenable
Adjective | /tenable/
Able to be maintained, defended, or justified; reasonable and supportable.
Tenable
Adjective | /tenable/
Essential WordsMEDIUMAble to be maintained, defended, or justified; reasonable and supportable.
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"The committee found the proposal tenable after reviewing the evidence. Means: The committee decided that the evidence made the proposal reasonable to support."
"Her explanation is tenable, although further investigation is needed. Means: Her explanation is plausible and can be defended, but it still needs to be checked."
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Tenable sounds like “tenable to hold”: an argument that can be held up or defended.
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