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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
practicable \prac"ticable\, a. ll. practicare to act,
transact, fr. l. practicus active, gr. ?: cf. f. practicable,
pratiquer to practice. see practical.
1. that may be practiced or performed; capable of being done
or accomplished with available means or resources;
feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a
practicable good.
1913 webster
2. capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
a practicable road.
1913 webster
practicable breach mil., a breach which admits of
approach and entrance by an assailing party.
1913 webster
syn: possible; feasible. -- practicable, possible. a
thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law
of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want
of the means requisite to its performance.
1913 webster -- prac"ticableness, n. --
prac"ticably, adv.
1913 webster
see also:
practical practicable breach practicable possible prac"ticableness prac"ticably
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
practicable
adj 1: usable for a specific purpose; "an operable plan"; "a
practicable solution" syn: operable
2: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances
as they are syn: feasible, executable, viable, workable
see also:
operable feasible executable viable workable
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
35 moby thesaurus words for "practicable":
accessible, accomplishable, achievable, actable, attainable,
banausic, compassable, doable, effective, effectual, efficient,
employable, feasible, functional, handy, manageable, maneuverable,
manipulatable, negotiable, operable, operatable, operative,
overcomable, performable, possible, practical, pragmatic,
realizable, serviceable, superable, surmountable, usable, useful,
viable, workable
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