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fea·si·ble

 (fē′zə-bəl)
adj.
1. Capable of being accomplished or brought about; possible: a feasible plan. See Synonyms at possible.
2. Capable of being used or dealt with successfully: feasible new sources of energy.
3. Logical; likely: a feasible explanation.
[Middle English fesable, from Old French faisable, from faire, fais-, to do, from Latin facere; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.]
fea′si·bil′i·ty, fea′si·ble·ness n.
fea′si·bly adv.
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feasibility

Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the assigned tasks could be accomplished by using available resources. See also acceptability; adequacy.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.feasibility - the quality of being doable
feasibleness
practicability, practicableness - the quality of being usable
infeasibility, unfeasibility - the quality of not being doable
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feasibility

noun possibility, viability, usefulness, expediency, practicability, workability He examined the feasibility of the plan.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
إمكانيَّة العَمَل أو التَّحْقيق
proveditelnostuskutečnitelnost
gennemførlighedmulighed
möguleiki, framkvæmanleiki; hentugleiki
uskutočniteľnosť
fizibiliteuygulanabilirlik

feasibility

[ˌfiːzəˈbɪlɪtɪ]
A. N → viabilidad f
to doubt the feasibility of a scheme → poner en duda la viabilidad de un proyecto, dudar si un proyecto es factible
B. CPD feasibility analysis N → análisis m inv de viabilidad
feasibility study N → estudio m de viabilidad
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

feasibility

[ˌfiːzəˈbɪlɪti] n [plan] → possibilité f de réalisation, faisabilité ffeasibility study n → étude f de faisabilité
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

feasibility

n
(of plan etc) → Durchführbarkeit f, → Machbarkeit f; the feasibility of doing something → die Möglichkeit, etw zu tun; I doubt the feasibility of doing that → ich glaube nicht, dass das möglich or machbar ist
(= plausibility: of story etc) → Wahrscheinlichkeit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

feasibility

[ˌfiːzəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → fattibilità, attuabilità
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

feasible

(ˈfiːzəbl) adjective
able to be done. a feasible solution to the problem.
feasiˈbility noun
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I can recollect, indeed, to have speculated, at odd times, on the possibility of my not being taught any more, or cared for any more; and growing up to be a shabby, moody man, lounging an idle life away, about the village; as well as on the feasibility of my getting rid of this picture by going away somewhere, like the hero in a story, to seek my fortune: but these were transient visions, daydreams I sat looking at sometimes, as if they were faintly painted or written on the wall of my room, and which, as they melted away, left the wall blank again.
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Let me know how that government land turns out, though I warn you I haven't much faith in its feasibility. It's sure to be too far away from markets."
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