practicable
/'præktikəbl/
Học thuậtThân thiện
A practicable plan for the new park includes a walking path and a small playground.
Definition
- Adjective:
- Capable of being done or put into practice: Describes something that is feasible, possible to accomplish given the available means, resources, and current circumstances.
- Usable or functional for a specific purpose: Describes something that can be effectively used or applied in a practical situation.
Usage Examples
- General Feasibility:
- The committee determined that the proposed budget cuts were practicable.
- Before the invention of modern machinery, such large-scale construction was not practicable.
- Functional Usability:
- The mountain road is only practicable in the summer months when it's free of snow.
- We need a practicable solution that we can implement immediately.
Advanced Usage
- "within practicable limits": within the bounds of what is realistically achievable.
- The company agreed to reduce emissions within practicable limits.
- "make practicable": to render something feasible or usable.
- New technology has made practicable what was once only a theoretical concept.
Variants and Related Words
- Practicability (noun): The quality or state of being practicable; feasibility.
- The practicability of the plan is still under review.
- Practicably (adverb): In a practicable manner; feasibly.
- The task can be practicably completed in one week.
- Impracticable (adjective): Opposite of practicable; not capable of being carried out or put into practice.
- The original design was elegant but proved to be impracticable.
Synonyms
- Feasible: Possible and practical to do easily or conveniently.
- Viable: Capable of working successfully; feasible.
- Workable: Able to be carried out or operated; practicable.
- Operable: Able to be used or put into practice; functional.
Antonyms
- Impracticable: Not able to be carried out or put into practice.
- Unfeasible: Not possible to do easily or conveniently; impractical.
- Unworkable: Not able to function or be carried out successfully.
A practicable plan for the new park includes a walking path and a small playground.
Adjective
- capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
- usable for a specific purpose
- an operable plan
- a practicable solution