"presentable" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹəˈzɛntəbəl/ [UK, US] Forms: more presentable [comparative], most presentable [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle French presentable, from Old French, as if present + -able. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|presentable}} Middle French presentable, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{af|en|present|-able}} present + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} presentable (comparative more presentable, superlative most presentable)
  1. In good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive. Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-presentable-en-adj-VAQv8OyN Disambiguation of Appearance: 88 2 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 8 37 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 61 14 25 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 48 19 32
  2. Acceptable; worth considering.
    Sense id: en-presentable-en-adj-b9Om94oF
  3. (ecclesiastical) Capable of being presented to a church living. Translations (able to be presented): приличен (priličen) (Bulgarian), presentable (Catalan), edustava (Finnish), présentable (French), presentábel (Galician), salonfähig (German), ייצוגי (yitsugi) (Hebrew), szalonképes (Hungarian), presentable (Spanish), презента́бельний (prezentábelʹnyj) (Ukrainian), присто́йний (prystójnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-presentable-en-adj-Xvb~qYm9 Topics: ecclesiastical, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of 'able to be presented': 17 19 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: presentably, unpresentable

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      "sense": "able to be presented",
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      "sense": "able to be presented",
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      "sense": "able to be presented",
      "word": "presentable"
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      "word": "презента́бельний"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "prystójnyj",
      "sense": "able to be presented",
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