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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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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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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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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
.
But it's the bond they share as social creatures, which makes the struggle a little more
bearable
.
His sweet and pure vision makes even the nastiest scenes
bearable
.
Improve them quickly so decisions are sound and life is
bearable
.
That, he claimed, made the four-hour train ride
bearable
.
They liked the affordable starter homes, the suburban hush and the
bearable
.
Taking an active investigative stance to my own symptoms has made them sort of more
bearable
.
Those were actually
bearable
after navigating the bewildering menus.
COLLAPSE
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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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bearable
"endurable," mid-16c., from
bear
(v.) +
-able
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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