Dictionary

usable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈjuː.zə.bəl/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Old French usable, from the verb user (“to use”).

Meanings

1. Capable of being used.
   • The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable. 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
2. Easy to use; exhibiting good usability.
3. homosexual
   • 2019 episode 1 A Very English Scandal Are you telling me that you were useable?

Forms

Antonyms

unusable

Deriveds

usably · usability · usableness · unusable · maximum usable frequency · nonusable

Relateds

utilizable

Synonyms

user-friendly

Translations (43)

tr yaraklı (capable of being used) · pt utilizável (capable of being used) · tr kullanılır (capable of being used) · nl bruikbaar (capable of being used) · pl używalny (capable of being used) · uk прида́тний (capable of being used) · da anvendelig (capable of being used) · pt usável (capable of being used) · hy գործածելի (capable of being used) · ro utilizabil (capable of being used) · ca utilitzable (capable of being used) · uk прида́тний для вжива́ння (capable of being used) · de benutzbar (capable of being used) · ro întrebuințabil (capable of being used) · vi dùng được (capable of being used) · fr utilisable (capable of being used) · gv yn-ymmydey (capable of being used) · ca usable (capable of being used) · vi khả dụng (capable of being used) · hu használható (capable of being used) · de nutzbar (capable of being used) · be прыда́тны (capable of being used) · be прыда́тны да ўжыва́ння (capable of being used) · cmn 可用 (capable of being used) · sv bruklig (capable of being used) · oc utilizable (capable of being used) · ro folosibil (capable of being used) · eo uzebla (capable of being used) · et kasutatav (capable of being used) · ru го́дный (capable of being used) · cs použitelný (capable of being used) · es usable (capable of being used) · da brugbar (capable of being used) · tr elverişli (capable of being used) · fi käyttökelpoinen (capable of being used) · af bruikbaar (capable of being used) · bg използваем (capable of being used) · es servir (capable of being used) · es utilizable (capable of being used) · ru го́дный к употребле́нию (capable of being used) · sv användbar (capable of being used) · nb brukbar (capable of being used) · nn brukbar (capable of being used)