Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being put into effective operation; practicable or feasible: synonym: possible.
- adjective Capable of being worked, dealt with, or handled.
from The Century Dictionary.
- That can be worked, or that is worth working: as, a workable mine; workable coal.
- Practicable; feasible: as, a workable scheme for lighting the streets.
- Capable of being stirred or influenced.
- Capable of being set at work.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being worked, or worth working.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Capable of
functioning . - adjective Able to be
worked orfashioned
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
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Examples
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Mr Bartlett says he will announce what he describes as a workable arrangement for his minority Labor Government in the next 12 to 24 hours.
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Trying to use the law to make a failed model workable is a waste of time, even if UK politicians such as Mandelson are apparently corrupt enough to do their bidding, what they're asking for won't actually work.
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Trying to use the law to make a failed model workable is a waste of time, even if UK politicians such as Mandelson are apparently corrupt enough to do their bidding, what they're asking for won't actually work.
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Making the situation workable is two-fold: It's helpful if the blind person tells the 911 dispatcher that a guide dog will be in the home, and if the dispatcher tells the blind person the name of the police officer who will be responding to the call.
Guide dog users explain their needs to law enforcement BA Haller 2008
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What one group calls workable is called punitive by another.
The Anecdotal Species? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007
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As for the paddling conditions — well, he said, it all looked workable from the wind-shield of a Super Cub.
Whitewater, Survival, and the Best Salmon Fishing in Alaska 2007
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Currently, there are no clear alternatives in workable order, and students who for whatever reason "fail" the WASL, have no recourse.
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What one group calls workable is called punitive by another.
August « 2007 « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2007
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If so, I pick up right where I left off and stick to the idea of getting things in workable order, little by little.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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If so, I pick up right where I left off and stick to the idea of getting things in workable order, little by little.
Maybe A Typical Day 2006
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