passable
capable of being passed through, beyond, or over; fit to be traversed, penetrated, crossed, etc., as a road, forest, or stream.
adequate; acceptable: a passable knowledge of French.
capable of being circulated legally or having a valid currency, as a coin.
capable of being or liable to be ratified or enacted: passable legislation.
Origin of passable
1Other words for passable
Other words from passable
- pass·a·ble·ness, noun
- un·pass·a·ble, adjective
Words that may be confused with passable
- passable , passible
Words Nearby passable
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How to use passable in a sentence
In other words, if a student comes to have a passable understanding of a subject, which he or she did not understand initially, that student should still pass the course.
Some School Districts Eased Graduation Standards for the COVID Class | Will Huntsberry | July 7, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoA great rim protector, a passable shooter and a solid post player.
Can The Phoenix Suns Cap Off A Magical Season? | Tony Chow (tony.chow@fivethirtyeight.com) | July 2, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightClarkson has been the presumptive Sixth Man of the Year favorite for some time now, but Ingles’s efficiency, versatility and better-than-passable defense make him perhaps the better candidate.
Can Utah’s Wings Hold Their Own Against The Best Of The West? | Jared Dubin | April 21, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIt wrote passable poetry, produced decent code, calculated simple sums, and with some edits, penned news articles.
OpenAI’s GPT-3 Algorithm Is Now Producing Billions of Words a Day | Jason Dorrier | April 4, 2021 | Singularity HubMajor, well-traveled roads, especially those that are treated, should be passable but could still become slick when snow falls steadily.
After 2 to 4 inches of snow, an icy night ahead in D.C. area. Snow showers possible Monday. | Jason Samenow, Dan Stillman, Andrew Freedman | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post
A serious presidential campaign should have at least a passable answer to an obvious, expected, and potentially disabling attack.
Mitt Romney Lost the Summer: Tax Returns, Overseas Gaffes, & More | Robert Shrum | August 8, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat passable comedy has existed in these bleak times has largely sprung from the camp of writer/director/producer Judd Apatow.
‘Ted’ Is Funny: So What Killed the Movie Comedy? | Richard Rushfield | July 2, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTYou might expect charming or at least passable small talk to be a gateway skill for a politician.
Her instructions were clear and I eventually produced a passable batch of puff.
And on any other network, The Biggest Loser's ratings would merely be passable.
"The cañon is perfectly passable on foot," replied the young officer, stiffly and angrily.
Overland | John William De ForestWild as the land was, it was thus far passable, while toward the north lay the untraversable.
Overland | John William De ForestThe Curaoa track is hardly passable, but it must be trod to-morrow by the degenerate feet of their successor the Wallaroos.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThere could never be any choice, of course—the mountains were passable only when the weather was hot.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinAt several points along the course of this river I observed similar bridges of rock, but this one only is passable for horses.
British Dictionary definitions for passable
/ (ˈpɑːsəbəl) /
adequate, fair, or acceptable: a passable speech
(of an obstacle) capable of being passed or crossed
(of currency) valid for general circulation
(of a proposed law) able to be ratified or enacted
Derived forms of passable
- passableness, noun
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