"thenable" meaning in English

See thenable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈðɛn.ə.bəl/ Forms: thenables [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnəbəl Etymology: From then + -able. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|then|able}} then + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} thenable (plural thenables)
  1. (programming) An object or function that exposes a then method returning a promise.

Inflected forms

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