practicable
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Etymology
From Latin prācticābilis, partly modelled on Middle French praticable.[1] By surface analysis, practice (verb) + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
practicable (not comparable)
- Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
- 1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136:
- The law in most states says that cyclists must ride as far to the right as is practicable.
- 2010 September 13, Publishers Weekly, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians:
- This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region.
- Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
- Available for use; accessible or employable.
- 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
- I glanced up, — there was no trap door which led to the roof. No practicable nook or cranny, in which a living being could lie concealed, was anywhere at hand.
Usage notes
Example of use contrasted with practical:
- "While others might agree that it was practical to rewrite the entire section, it was not truly practicable given other considerations."
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Translations
capable of being accomplished; feasible
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serving a useful function; functional or handy
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available for use; accessible or employable
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References
- “practicable, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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