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Narrator: Today's word is "Presentable" — adjective, pronounced /prɪˈzentəbl/, with the stress on "zent".
Narrator: Presentable means looking clean, tidy and good enough to be seen by others.
Narrator: In plain English, presentable means fit to be seen.
Narrator: It combines present, to show, with -able.
Narrator: A common collocation is "make yourself presentable", which describes tidying up.
Narrator: It differs from "beautiful", because presentable only means acceptable, not stunning.
Narrator: It can describe rooms, documents and food as well as people.
Narrator: Job interviews, hospitality, retail and design all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: presentable means ready to be seen.
Speaker A: Do I look presentable for the interview?
Speaker B: Very! PRESENTABLE means fit to be presented to others.
Speaker A: So smart, not glamorous?
Speaker B: Exactly.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Make yourself presentable before guests arrive", tidy up. "The flat looks presentable now", clean. "Make the report presentable", polish it.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it "-able", not "-ible".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Tidy is its cousin, respectable is its twin, and smart is the fashionable alternative, but presentable keeps its neat charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "presentable" in AI prompts — useful for document formatting and interview prep.
Speaker A: How would formatting use it?
Speaker B: Polish drafts.
Prompt: Make this rough spreadsheet presentable with clear headers, consistent number formats and a total row.
Speaker A: And interview prep?
Speaker B: Practical tips.
Prompt: Give five tips for looking presentable in a video interview from home.
Speaker A: Could it help property listings?
Speaker B: Yes, staging.
Prompt: Suggest low-cost ways to make a small flat presentable for rental photos.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Slide decks.
Prompt: Turn these bullet points into a presentable five-slide outline with titles.
Presentable — meaning in Arabic & definition More P courses GL Dictionary