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practicable

adj.
C1 Advanced US //ˈpɹæktəkəbəɫ// UK //pɹˈæktɪkəbəl// prac·ti·ca·ble

adj. possible to do or achieve. You use this when a plan or a path is realistic and can actually work in real life.

adj. capable of being done, achieved, or put into practice. Often used to describe a course of action that is feasible given the available resources or circumstances.


SIMPLE

The plan is not practicable because we lack the money.

CONTEXTUAL

After reviewing the budget, the committee concluded that the new project was not practicable without significant government support.

Synonyms
Origin

Borrowed from Latin prācticābilis, partly modelled on Middle French praticable. By surface analysis, practice (verb) + -able.

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