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workable

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work·a·ble  (wûrk-bl)
adj.
1. Capable of being worked, dealt with, or handled.
2. Capable of being put into effective operation; practicable or feasible. See Synonyms at possible.

worka·bili·ty, worka·ble·ness n.
worka·bly adv.

workable [ˈwɜːkəbəl]
adj
1. practicable or feasible
2. able to be worked
workability , workableness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.workable - capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they areworkable - capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
possible - capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"

workable
Translations
workable [ˈwɜːkəbl] ADJpráctico, factible
workable [ˈwɜːrkəbəl] adj [solution, idea] → réalisable
workable
adj
mineabbaufähig; landbebaubar; plan, system, agreementdurchführbar; solution, alternativemachbar; relationshipfunktionierend
(= malleable) clay, metalformbar
workable [ˈwɜːkəbl] adj (plan) → fattibile; (solution) → realizzabile; (land) → coltivabile; (mine) → sfruttabile


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A new interdependent form of civilization was about to be developed, and the telephone arrived in the nick of time to make this new civilization workable and convenient.
Of any proposal he always asked not only whether it embodied abstract principles of right but whether it was workable and expedient in the existing circumstances and among actual men.
If there had been some such uncanny thing as he had found in his room at hotels, a workable fire-escape in the form of notched cable or a canvas shoot, he would have availed himself of it as a proof - well, of his present delicacy.
 
 
 
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