Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Suitable to live in; habitable.
  • adjective Possible to bear; endurable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Capable of being lived, or of being spent or passed in more or less content.
  • Capable of being lived in; fit for residence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Such as can be lived.
  • adjective colloq. Such as is pleasant to live in; fit or suitable to live in.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Endurable, survivable, suitable for living in, inhabitable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective fit or suitable to live in or with

Etymologies

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live +‎ -able

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Examples

  • The landlord had been testing the limits of the term livable for years before that.

    Occupational Hazards Jonathan Segura 2008

  • The landlord had been testing the limits of the term livable for years before that.

    Occupational Hazards Jonathan Segura 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

  • If making a $570,000 condo in Nueva Vallarta livable is anything like making a 585,000 peso house in Hermosillo livable, then I assume you are going to plow another $half-mil or so into the property.

    Kite Condo in Nueva Vallarta 2008

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