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LIVEABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liveable mean?
• LIVEABLE (adjective)
The adjective LIVEABLE has 1 sense:
1. fit or suitable to live in or with
Familiarity information: LIVEABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fit or suitable to live in or with
Synonyms:
livable; liveable
Context example:
livable conditions
Similar:
habitable; inhabitable (fit for habitation)
Derivation:
live (be an inhabitant of or reside in)
Context examples
There will be work for five summers at least before the place is liveable.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
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