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passable

[ pas-uh-buhl, pah-suh- ]

adjective

  1. capable of being passed passed through, beyond, or over; fit to be traversed, penetrated, crossed, etc., as a road, forest, or stream.
  2. adequate; acceptable:

    a passable knowledge of French.

    Synonyms: fair, tolerable, allowable, respectable, presentable

  3. capable of being circulated legally or having a valid currency, as a coin.
  4. capable of being or liable to be ratified or enacted:

    passable legislation.



passable

/ ˈpɑːsəbəl /

adjective

  1. adequate, fair, or acceptable

    a passable speech

  2. (of an obstacle) capable of being passed or crossed
  3. (of currency) valid for general circulation
  4. (of a proposed law) able to be ratified or enacted


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Derived Forms

  • ˈpassableness, noun

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Other Words From

  • passa·ble·ness noun
  • un·passa·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of passable1

1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French; pass, -able

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Example Sentences

A serious presidential campaign should have at least a passable answer to an obvious, expected, and potentially disabling attack.

What passable comedy has existed in these bleak times has largely sprung from the camp of writer/director/producer Judd Apatow.

You 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.

Wild as the land was, it was thus far passable, while toward the north lay the untraversable.

The Curaoa track is hardly passable, but it must be trod to-morrow by the degenerate feet of their successor the Wallaroos.

There could never be any choice, of course—the mountains were passable only when the weather was hot.

At several points along the course of this river I observed similar bridges of rock, but this one only is passable for horses.

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