English-Thai Dictionary

tenable

ADJ ที่ สมเหตุสมผล  ที่ เข้าท่าเข้าทาง  ti-som-hed-som-pon

 

tenable

ADJ ที่ สามารถ กระทำ ใน ช่วง ระยะเวลา หนึ่ง  ti-sa-mad-kra-tam-nai-chung-ra-ya-nuang

 

tenable

ADJ ยึดถือ ได้  ซึ่ง ป้องกัน ได้  ซึ่ง รักษา ไว้ ได้  defensible trustworthy reliable yud-tue-dai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TENABLE

a.[L. teneo, to hold. See Tenant. ] That may be held, maintained or defended against an assailant, or against attempts to take it; as a tenable fortress. The works were not deemed tenable. The ground taken in the argument is not tenable.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TENABLE

Ten "a *ble, a. Etym: [F. tenable, fr. tenir to hold, L. tenere. See Thin, and cf. Continue, Continent, Entertain, Maintain, Tenant, Tent. ]

 

Defn: 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. If you have hitherto concealed his sight, Let it be tenable in your silence still. Shak. I would be the last man in the world to give up his cause when it was tenable. Sir W. Scott.

 

TENABLENESS

TENABLENESS Ten `a *ble *ness, n.

 

Defn: Same as Tenability.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tenable

ten a ble |ˈtenəbəl ˈtɛnəbəl | ▶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: the post is tenable for three years. DERIVATIVES ten a bil i ty |ˌtenəˈbilitē |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, from tenir ‘to hold, ’ from Latin tenere.

 

Oxford Dictionary

tenable

ten |able |ˈtɛnəb (ə )l | ▶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. DERIVATIVES tenability |-ˈbɪlɪti |noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French, from tenir ‘to hold ’, from Latin tenere.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tenable

tenable adjective O'Leary's confession has certainly made Cohn's alibi more tenable: defensible, justifiable, supportable, sustainable, arguable, able to hold water, reasonable, sensible, rational, sound, viable, plausible, credible, believable, conceivable. ANTONYMS indefensible.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tenable

tenable adjective this politically convenient view is no longer tenable: defensible, justifiable, defendable, supportable, sustainable, maintainable, arguable, able to hold water, reasonable, rational, sound, viable, workable, plausible, credible, believable, conceivable, acceptable, imaginable. ANTONYMS indefensible, untenable.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tenable

ten a ble /ténəb (ə )l /形容詞 〈議論 信条などが 〉弁護できる, 批判に耐えうる ; 〈地位 職などが 〉 «…の間 » 維持 [継続 ]できる «for » ; 〈陣地などが 〉攻撃から守ることができる .