doable
English
Etymology
From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able.
Pronunciation
Adjective
doable (comparative more doable, superlative most doable)
- Possible to do; feasible.
- 2021 May 5, “Andy Burnham's speech to the TfN board meeting”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:
- "I think this is embarrassing for the rail industry to put out non-workable options in a major public consultation that lots of people have given plenty of time to for then, at this stage, for us to be told that none of it was doable in the first place.
- (informal) Worthy of sexual conquest.
- Look at that chick - she's so doable!
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:doable.
Derived terms
Translations
possible to do — see feasible
Noun
doable (plural doables)
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