PRACTICABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does practicable mean? • PRACTICABLE (adjective)
The adjective PRACTICABLE has 2 senses:
1. usable for a specific purpose
2. capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Familiarity information: PRACTICABLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PRACTICABLE (adjective)
Meaning:
Usable for a specific purpose
Synonyms:
practicable; operable
Context examples:
an operable plan / a practicable solution
Similar:
practical (concerned with actual use or practice)
Meaning:
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Synonyms:
executable; feasible; viable; workable; practicable
Similar:
possible (capable of happening or existing)
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