actionable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ˈæk.ʃən.ə.bəl/
Etymology
From action + -able. Compare Late Latin actionabilis. See action.
Meanings
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Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.
By 1996 most of Unscom’s leads had dried up and my need for actionable information was such that the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) agreed to deal with me directly.
2015, Scott Ritter, London Review of Books, volume 37, number 13:
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Affording grounds for legal action.
"It may be so, or it may not, Mr. Holmes," said he, "but if you are so very sharp you ought to be sharp enough to know that it is you who are breaking the law now, and not me. I have done nothing actionable from the first, but as long as you keep that door locked you lay yourself open to an action for assault and illegal constraint."
1891 [September], A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure III.—A Case of Identity.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II (July to December), number [9], London: […], page 258, column 1:I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable?
Clearly the libelous book is actionable, but I'm not commenting on anything to do with legal issues.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most actionable | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more actionable | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonactionable · actionably · inactionable · actionability · unactionable
Translations (23)
de strafbar (affording grounds for legal action) · de einklagbar (affording grounds for legal action) · de prozessfähig (affording grounds for legal action) · de umsetzbar (able to be acted on) · fr opposable (affording grounds for legal action) · fi kannekelpoinen (affording grounds for legal action) · de anwendbar (able to be acted on) · cmn 可起訴的 /可起诉的 (affording grounds for legal action) · de belangbar (affording grounds for legal action) · de justitiabel (affording grounds for legal action) · fr concret (able to be acted on) · de klagbar (affording grounds for legal action) · fr passible de poursuite (affording grounds for legal action) · cmn 可行動的 /可行动的 (able to be acted on) · sv åtalbar (affording grounds for legal action) · fr recevable (affording grounds for legal action) · de gerichtlich verfolgbar (affording grounds for legal action) · de verklagbar (affording grounds for legal action) · es accionable (able to be acted on) · de machbar (able to be acted on) · fi toimiin oikeuttava (able to be acted on) · de justiziabel (affording grounds for legal action) · es justiciable (affording grounds for legal action)