to be tenable

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Definition of to be tenable in English English dictionary
tenable: capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
Back in the 1800's, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
tenable: {a} that may be held or maintained
tenable: based on sound reasoning or evidence; "a reasonable argument"; "well-founded suspicions
tenable: capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
tenable: {s} resistant, may be carried out
tenable: based on sound reasoning or evidence; "a reasonable argument"; "well-founded suspicions"
tenable: If you say that an argument, point of view, or situation is tenable, you believe that it is reasonable and could be successfully defended against criticism. This argument is simply not tenable untenable. a belief, argument etc that is tenable is reasonable and can be defended successfully (tenir; TENANT)
tenable: 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

to be tenable

Hyphenation

to be ten·a·ble

tı bi tenıbıl

/tə bē ˈtenəbəl/ /tə biː ˈtɛnəbəl/

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