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bearable
[
bair
-
uh
-b
uh
l
]
Example Sentences
Origin
bear·a·ble
/
ˈbɛər
ə
bəl
/
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[
bair
-
uh
-b
uh
l
]
Show IPA
adjective
capable of being endured or tolerated; endurable.
Origin:
1540–50;
bear
1
+
-able
Related forms
bear·a·ble·ness,
noun
bear·a·bly,
adverb
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It was bearable while households appeared to be getting richer, thanks to inflating house and share prices.
And though the rows were fierce, they were far more bearable than being out of the spotlight and unseen by others.
Not remotely as profitable for the climate-industrial complex, but bearable for us those of us who don't stand to profit.
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It was bearable while households appeared to be getting richer, thanks to inflating house and share prices.
And though the rows were fierce, they were far more bearable than being out of the spotlight and unseen by others.
Not remotely as profitable for the climate-industrial complex, but bearable for us those of us who don't stand to profit.
Refinancing makes negative equity more bearable but it does not reduce it.
Took months for them to make it bearable it and many repeated emails and visits from the facilities folks.
Listening to the pretty, catchy tunes makes doing laps around the small levels more bearable.
It's not fun at the best of times, but especially not when you have no money to make the stranding more bearable.
The plan will do nothing to stem the tide, but should make the high water more bearable.
One of the only things that makes summer's end bearable is the knowledge that a whole new fall wardrobe awaits.
It is fairly cold, as people have been pointing out, but definitely bearable.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
bearable
(ˈbɛərəb
ə
l)
—
adj
endurable; tolerable
'bearably
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
bearable
"endurable," mid-16c., from
bear
(v.) +
-able
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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