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Definition of presentable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

presentable

adjective
 
/prɪˈzentəbl/
 
/prɪˈzentəbl/
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  1. looking clean and attractive and suitable to be seen in public
    • I must go and make myself presentable before the guests arrive.
    • I’ve got nothing presentable to wear.
    • She was not exactly good-looking, but perfectly presentable.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • make somebody
    adverb
    • very
    • perfectly
    • halfway
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  2. acceptable
    • You're going to have to do a lot more work on this essay before it's presentable.
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