PRESENTABLE


Meaning of PRESENTABLE in English

prēˈzentəbəl, prə̇ˈ- adjective

Etymology: present (II) + -able

1. : appropriate for or liable to legal presentment

presentable offenses

a presentable offender

2. : capable or admitting of being presented (as to a person or the mind) : suitable to be offered, set forth, or brought forward : appropriate for presentation

emotions presentable only in music

3. archaic : admitting of the presentation of a clergyman — used of an ecclesiastical benefice

4. : having a bearing or appearance that will satisfy or give pleasure to others : in condition to be seen or inspected especially by the critical : suitable (as in attire or behavior) for presentation into society or company : fit to be seen

dinner … at a presentable restaurant — New York Times

an adequate number of presentable domestic servants — Roy Lewis & Angus Maude

give me a minute to make myself presentable — Kenneth Roberts

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.