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walkability

walkability noun: the quality of being walkable.

Noun

walkability (usually uncountable, plural walkabilities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being walkable.
    • This neighborhood has great walkability.
    • For Darren Roach, 42, a Chicago native, walkability and night life were crucial when it came time to buy a home.2019 November 19, Debra Kamin, “North Park, San Diego: The Rewards of ‘Walkability’”, in The New York Times

Forms of walkability

pluralwalkabilities

Origin of walkability

From walkable + -ity or walk + -ability.

Questions about walkability

What does walkability mean?
Walkability means the quality of being walkable.
What part of speech is walkability?
Walkability is a noun.
What is the plural of walkability?
The plural of walkability is walkabilities.

Words near walkability in the dictionary

  1. walk-through
  2. walk-throughs
  3. walk-up
  4. walk-ups
  5. walkabilities
  6. walkability
  7. walkable
  8. walkably
  9. walkabout
  10. walkabout disease
  11. walkabouts

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