Practicable
adjective
Something that can be done or put into action.
The plan was interesting, but we didn't think it was practicable.
Often appears as...
- practicable solution
- practicable method
adjective
Usable for a specified purpose.
These new materials make the design practicable for manufacturing.
Often appears as...
- practicable design
- practicable use
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Something that can be done or put into action.
The plan was interesting, but we didn't think it was practicable.
Often appears as...
- practicable solution
- practicable method
adjective
Usable for a specified purpose.
These new materials make the design practicable for manufacturing.
Often appears as...
- practicable design
- practicable use
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Actionable Plans
Refers to plans that are realistic and can be implemented efficiently within current means.
Although ambitious, their strategy to grow the business is practicable.
Pro Tip 2/3Practical Limits
Indicates that while theoretically possible, something is limited by practicality in real situations.
A weekly team lunch sounds fun, but is it practicable given our budget?
Pro Tip 3/3Underlying Doubt
May imply a slight skepticism about the ease with which something can be accomplished.
Her suggestion was practicable, albeit with some reservations about the timeline.
Pro Tip 1/3Actionable Plans
Refers to plans that are realistic and can be implemented efficiently within current means.
Although ambitious, their strategy to grow the business is practicable.
Pro Tip 2/3Practical Limits
Indicates that while theoretically possible, something is limited by practicality in real situations.
A weekly team lunch sounds fun, but is it practicable given our budget?
Pro Tip 3/3Underlying Doubt
May imply a slight skepticism about the ease with which something can be accomplished.
Her suggestion was practicable, albeit with some reservations about the timeline.
Pro Tip 1/3Actionable Plans
Refers to plans that are realistic and can be implemented efficiently within current means.
Although ambitious, their strategy to grow the business is practicable.
Pro Tip 2/3Practical Limits
Indicates that while theoretically possible, something is limited by practicality in real situations.
A weekly team lunch sounds fun, but is it practicable given our budget?
Pro Tip 3/3Underlying Doubt
May imply a slight skepticism about the ease with which something can be accomplished.
Her suggestion was practicable, albeit with some reservations about the timeline.
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Quote examples
Katie Lowes
American Actress
Until you get pregnant, you never know about baby brands and baby furniture, but it's actually a choice. And Oeuf is a very affordable company, and everything is organic - chemically free, sustainable. It's all beautifully made and can also transition from babies to toddlers. Everything has conversion kits, so it's practicable.
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Nassau William Senior
English Economist
The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but neither advisable, nor perhaps practicable, to use as the sole, or even the principal, guides in the actual conduct of affairs.
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.
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B. H. Liddell Hart
British Historian
In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.
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Sherwood Boehlert
American Politician
So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requires it.
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James Buchanan
American President
What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
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Katie Lowes
American Actress
Until you get pregnant, you never know about baby brands and baby furniture, but it's actually a choice. And Oeuf is a very affordable company, and everything is organic - chemically free, sustainable. It's all beautifully made and can also transition from babies to toddlers. Everything has conversion kits, so it's practicable.
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Nassau William Senior
English Economist
The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal to neglect, but neither advisable, nor perhaps practicable, to use as the sole, or even the principal, guides in the actual conduct of affairs.
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Marcus Aurelius
Roman Leader
Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be at, as often as it is practicable; and to make this custom the more significant, practice it first upon yourself.
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B. H. Liddell Hart
British Historian
In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.
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Sherwood Boehlert
American Politician
So the only way we're going to improve fuel economy or appliance efficiency swiftly and to the maximum extent practicable is if the government requires it.
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James Buchanan
American President
What is right and what is practicable are two different things.
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