"supportable" meaning in English

See supportable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more supportable [comparative], most supportable [superlative]
Etymology: support + -able Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|support|able}} support + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} supportable (comparative more supportable, superlative most supportable)
  1. Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.
    Sense id: en-supportable-en-adj-YV1LdYdS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 57 43
  2. Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable. Translations (capable of being tolerated; endurable): терпи́мый (terpímyj) [masculine] (Russian), сно́сный (snósnyj) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-supportable-en-adj-r~qbodU8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'capable of being tolerated; endurable': 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: supportableness, supportably

Download JSON data for supportable meaning in English (2.0kB)

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}

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