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authorable

authorable adjective: capable of being authored.

Adjective

authorable (not comparable)

  1. Capable of being authored.
    • One of the goals of the project was to design a computerized tutor with a completely authorable interface such that an instructor could change or add lessons without having to learn or know any programming[…]1993, Dallin Oaks, Andrew Bay, Proceedings of the Deseret Language and Linguistics Society 1993, page 32
    • WinHelp enables you to add authorable buttons to a Help file. Authorable buttons run macros, so you can use one to do anything a macro can.1998, Dwayne Gifford, Access 97 Unleashed, page 585

Origin of authorable

From author + -able.

Questions about authorable

What does authorable mean?
Authorable means capable of being authored.
What part of speech is authorable?
Authorable is an adjective.

Words near authorable in the dictionary

  1. author mills
  2. author of life
  3. author's edition
  4. author's plural
  5. author's we
  6. authorable
  7. authorative
  8. authorcraft
  9. authordom
  10. authored
  11. authoress

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