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workable en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English work Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English workable From work + -able.

Meanings

  1. Capable of functioning.
    • Penrhyn Quarry vertical-boilered 0-4-0 locomotive "George Henry," built by De Winton & Company in 1877. It is the last survivor of its class, and is still in workable condition. 1945 July and August, “The Penrhyn Railway and its Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 208, photo caption:
    • The point was also made that the size and diversity of GWR's network and the number of services that are not capable of having reservations (Thames Valley, many branch lines, and so on) has meant a mandatory reservation system is not a workable system for them. 2021 January 27, Barry Doe, “Reservations on XC and GWR services”, in RAIL, number 923, page 58:
    • They came up with a workable solution, until they could think of something better.
  2. Able to be worked or fashioned

Forms

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more workable Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most workable Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

unworkable · nonworkable · non-workable

Deriveds

workably · workableness · unworkableness · teleworkable

Translations (22)

bg осъществи́м (capable of functioning) · de praktikabel (capable of functioning) · pl sprawny (capable of functioning) · bg обработваем (able to be worked or fashioned) · es servir (capable of functioning) · fr œuvrable (able to be worked or fashioned) · gv yn-obbraghey (capable of functioning) · it lavorabile (able to be worked or fashioned) · de machbar (capable of functioning) · fi toimiva (capable of functioning) · pl efektywny (capable of functioning) · fi käyttökelpoinen (capable of functioning) · de umsetzbar (capable of functioning) · de funktionsfähig (capable of functioning) · sh obràdiv (able to be worked or fashioned) · bg реа́лен (capable of functioning) · it trattabile (able to be worked or fashioned) · de brauchbar (capable of functioning) · es mañero (able to be worked or fashioned) · sh обра̀див (able to be worked or fashioned) · es laborable (able to be worked or fashioned) · it praticabile (capable of functioning)