comportable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /kəmˈpɔrtəbəl/ UK /kəmˈpɔːtəbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #1210427

Meanings

1

adj
Consistent; suitable.

[T]here vvere tvvo vvayes to be deliuered; The one Hiſtoricall, by deſcription of the principall vvorkes, performed already in good part, by Giorgio Vaſſari in the liues of Architects: The other Logicall, by caſting the rules and cautions of this Art, into ſome comportable Methode: […]
2

adj
Satisfactory; acceptable.

Number 2, at present in the occupation of Oliver Cromwell, and divided from the former by Conococheqgue Creek, contains 340 or 350 acres—the soil is productive, the improvements neat and comportable, and there is from 130 to 150 acres of it still in woods, which is covered with timber of a very superior quality.

Thesaurus

Word family

Related forms comportcomportabilitycomportancecomportationcomportmentcomportmentalincomportable

Etymology

From comport + -able.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# comportable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpɔrtəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpɔːtəbəl/
**Frequency rank:** 1210427

## Meanings
1. Consistent; suitable.
2. Satisfactory; acceptable.

## Examples
- [T]here vvere tvvo vvayes to be deliuered; The one Hiſtoricall, by deſcription of the principall vvorkes, performed already in good part, by Giorgio Vaſſari in the liues of Architects: The other Logicall, by caſting the rules and cautions of this Art, into ſome comportable Methode: […]
- Number 2, at present in the occupation of Oliver Cromwell, and divided from the former by Conococheqgue Creek, contains 340 or 350 acres—the soil is productive, the improvements neat and comportable, and there is from 130 to 150 acres of it still in woods, which is covered with timber of a very superior quality.

## Related Forms
- comport
- comportability
- comportance
- comportation
- comportment
- comportmental
- incomportable

## Etymology
From comport + -able.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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