tenable

[US]/ˈtenəbl/
[UK]/ˈtenəbl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. capable of being maintained or defended; defensible

Phrases & Collocations

tenable position

tenable explanation

tenable solution

tenable argument

tenable theory

tenable defense

tenable strategy

Example Sentences

a scholarship tenable for three years

a scholarship of £200 per annum tenable for three years.

First, the bank only takes the certificate insurance contract tenable evidence by the telephonograph, has legal risk which the evidence is insufficient;

a tenable solution to the problem

to make a tenable argument

a tenable position in the company

to find a tenable excuse

a tenable theory in science

to present a tenable plan

a tenable explanation for the situation

to establish a tenable relationship

a tenable compromise between the parties

to maintain a tenable balance

Real-world Examples

The British occupation of Afghanistan, in place since 1839, was no longer tenable.

Source: The Economist - Arts

But when she was in conversation with Mrs. Plymdale that comforting explanation seemed no longer tenable.

Source: Middlemarch (Part Five)

Like all sceptical hypotheses, it is logically tenable, but uninteresting.

Source: Analysis of the Heart (Part 2)

Officials say the mission is no longer tenable. Austria provides nearly 400 soldiers about a third of the UN peacekeeping mission.

Source: BBC Listening Collection June 2013

Gotha Bombers it was clear it was no longer tenable to retain the royal title.

Source: Character Profile

Bok eventually writes, " following that, it became clear that her position was no longer tenable and she and I concurrently decided that it was time for her to exit."

Source: CNN 10 Student English of the Month

There has been some progress on the Senate side, with Republicans recognizing it's not tenable, it's not smart, it's not good for the American people to let America default.

Source: BBC Listening Compilation October 2013

People, whom fate and their sinful mistakes have placed in a given condition, form such views of life generally that they are enabled to consider their condition useful and morally tenable.

Source: Resurrection

And all this is established by abstract logical reasoning professing to find self-contradictions in the categories condemned as mere appearance, and to leave no tenable alternative to the kind of Absolute which is finally affirmed to be real.

Source: Our knowledge of the outside world.

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