practicable
/ˈpɹæktɪkəbəl/
practicable adjective: capable of being accomplished; feasible.
Adjective
practicable (not comparable)
- Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
- Those who have concerned themselves exclusively with what seemed practicable in the existing state of opinion have constantly found that even this has rapidly become politically impossible as the result of changes in a public opinion which they have done nothing to guide.1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 433
- The law in most states says that cyclists must ride as far to the right as is practicable.1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136
- Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
- Available for use; accessible or employable.
- I glanced up, — there was no trap door which led to the roof. No practicable nook or cranny, in which a living being could lie concealed, was anywhere at hand.1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle
practicable meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada
practicable in Tamil
- செயல்முறைக்குகந்த, செய்யக்கூடிய, செய்துமுடிக்கத்தக்க, பாதை கடவு வகைகளில் பயன்படுத்தக்கூடிய, நடைமுறைப்படுத்தக்கூடிய
practicable in Marathi
- practicable, feasible, achievable; that which can be accomplished or performed
- साध्य sādhya
- practicable, attainable or suited to being achieved
- साधनीय sādhanīya
practicable in Malayalam
- പ്രായോഗികമായ, പ്രാവർത്തികമായ, സാദ്ധ്യമായ
practicable in Kannada
- ಕಾರ್ಯರೂಪಕ್ಕೆ ತರಬಲ್ಲ, ಕಾರ್ಯಸಾಧ್ಯ, ಮಾಡಲುಶಕ್ಯ, ವ್ಯವಹಾರ್ಯ, ಬಳಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಾದ
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- practicable in Sanskrit
- कल्प kálpa, कृत्य kṛ́tya
Examples of practicable in a sentence
- This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region.2010 September 13, Publishers Weekly, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians:
- Monday’s executive order called on the secretary of state and director of the Office of Management and Budget to pause funding “with all practicable speed.”2025 January 21, Christian Edwards, “What is the World Health Organization and why does Trump want to leave it?”, in CNN:
Synonyms of practicable
Antonyms
Forms of practicable
| alternative form | practiceable |
|---|---|
| alternative form (rare) | practisable |
| alternative form (rare) | practiseable |
Origin of practicable
Borrowed from Latin prācticābilis, partly modelled on Middle French praticable. By surface analysis, practice (verb) + -able.
Words formed from practicable
Questions about practicable
- What does practicable mean?
- Practicable means capable of being accomplished; feasible.
- What is practicable in Tamil?
- Practicable in Tamil is செயல்முறைக்குகந்த, செய்யக்கூடிய, செய்துமுடிக்கத்தக்க. See Practicable meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use practicable in a sentence?
- This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region.
- What part of speech is practicable?
- Practicable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce practicable?
- Practicable is pronounced /ˈpɹæktɪkəbəl/.
Words near practicable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: practicable (page history and authors); practicable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); साधनीय (Marathi) (page history and authors); practicable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); practicable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); कल्प (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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