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livable

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[liv-uh-buhl]

adjective

  1. suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable.

    It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.

  2. worth living; endurable.

    She needed something to make life more livable.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  3. that can be lived with; companionable (often used in combination withwith ).

    polite and charming but not altogether livable-with.



livable

/ ˈɪəə /

adjective

  1. (of a room, house, etc) suitable for living in

  2. worth living; tolerable

  3. (foll by with) pleasant to live (with)

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • livableness noun
  • livability noun
  • unlivable adjective
  • ˈԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of livable1

First recorded in 1605–15; live 1 + -able
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Even though it opened up areas for people to go to, the freeways did not create more livable communities.

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Joshua Clark, chief executive of Ark Container Homes, started his business modifying steel shipping containers into livable spaces after losing two homes to natural disasters — a landslide in Malibu and a hurricane in Louisiana.

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Almost all the houses in front of my house are not livable and now there’s a family living in a trailer on my street in front of their house, since there’s nothing left.

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“So, record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection. Labels, we got you, but do you got us?”

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“Record labels need to treat their artists as valuable employees with a livable wage and health insurance and protection,” she said.

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