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practicable

adjective

prac·​ti·​ca·​ble ˈprak-ti-kə-bəl How to pronounce practicable (audio)
1
: capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
a practicable plan
2
: capable of being used : usable
a practicable weapon
practicability noun
practicableness noun
practicably adverb
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possible, practicable, feasible mean capable of being realized.

possible implies that a thing may certainly exist or occur given the proper conditions.

a possible route up the west face of the mountain

practicable implies that something may be effected by available means or under current conditions.

a solution that is not practicable in the time available

feasible applies to what is likely to work or be useful in attaining the end desired.

commercially feasible for mass production

Example Sentences

The idea is interesting but not practicable, I'm afraid. a solution that is not practicable in the time available to us
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Word History

First Known Use

1893, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of practicable was in 1893

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