[ˈtɛnəbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection
(e.g: such a simplistic approach is no longer tenable)

- (of an office, position, scholarship, etc.) able to be held or used
(e.g: a scholarship of £200 per annum tenable for three years)


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Origin:
late 16th century: from French, from tenir ‘to hold’, from Latin tenere