"liveable" meaning in English

See liveable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: liveable [positive], more liveable [comparative], most liveable [superlative]
Etymology: live + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|live|able}} live + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If A makes B more liveable, it can be said that A makes B more bearable to live with.
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  2. If a place is liveable, its environment or climate is suitable for people to live in.
    Sense id: simple-liveable-en-adj-ezkKcXFl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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