"tenable" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "1998, Luanna H. Meyer, Making Friends: The Influences of Culture and Development, page 391",
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          "text": "In short, it is not a tenable position in our tight-knit community, or in a pluralistic democracy, to ask for a kinder space and to be unkind towards others.",
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          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
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          "word": "udržitelný"
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          "_dis1": "85 14 1",
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        "(military) Capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible"
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          "_dis1": "35 61 5",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of a defensive structure: capable of being defended",
          "word": "verteidigungsfähig"
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          "ref": "1679, Roberta Elizabeth Foote, The ancestors and descendants of Theodore Munroe Foote, published 1969, page 14",
          "text": "In February, 1679, he was admitted \"a planter\" of the town and a home lot was granted him \"on condition that it should have a tenable house built upon it within two years.",
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          "ref": "1923, Gene Stratton-Porter, The White Flag, page 387",
          "text": "They made a day of straightening the leaning stable on its foundations and staying its framework, so that with new roof and sheathing, it would be a tenable building for many years to come.",
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      "word": "intenable"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of a defensive structure: capable of being defended",
      "word": "puolustettava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of a defensive structure: capable of being defended",
      "word": "verteidigungsfähig"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of a defensive structure: capable of being defended",
      "word": "defendible"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenable"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tenables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "tenable (plural tenables)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French adjectives",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French terms with audio links"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "tenable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tenable",
          "tenable#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenable"
}