Workable
adjective
Able to function or be operated effectively.
This is a workable solution to the problem.
Often appears as...
- workable plan
- workable solution
adjective
Allowed by law, or able to be done in a certain way.
The proposed change to the law is workable within the existing framework.
Often appears as...
- workable within
- workable framework
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Able to be bent or shaped without breaking.
This metal is workable and can be shaped into many forms.
Often appears as...
- workable metal
- workable material
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Technical
adjective
Able to function or be operated effectively.
This is a workable solution to the problem.
Often appears as...
- workable plan
- workable solution
adjective
Allowed by law, or able to be done in a certain way.
The proposed change to the law is workable within the existing framework.
Often appears as...
- workable within
- workable framework
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Able to be bent or shaped without breaking.
This metal is workable and can be shaped into many forms.
Often appears as...
- workable metal
- workable material
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Realistic Applications
Use 'workable' for ideas or methods that can realistically be implemented or used.
He devised a workable method for recycling the waste.
Pro Tip 2/3Effectiveness Implied
'Workable' implies that something is not only possible but also effective and efficient in practice.
We need a workable approach that meets all our objectives.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ideal
A 'workable' solution may not be perfect but it's good enough to solve a problem temporarily or under certain conditions.
It's not the best option, but it's a workable compromise for now.
Pro Tip 1/3Realistic Applications
Use 'workable' for ideas or methods that can realistically be implemented or used.
He devised a workable method for recycling the waste.
Pro Tip 2/3Effectiveness Implied
'Workable' implies that something is not only possible but also effective and efficient in practice.
We need a workable approach that meets all our objectives.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ideal
A 'workable' solution may not be perfect but it's good enough to solve a problem temporarily or under certain conditions.
It's not the best option, but it's a workable compromise for now.
Pro Tip 1/3Realistic Applications
Use 'workable' for ideas or methods that can realistically be implemented or used.
He devised a workable method for recycling the waste.
Pro Tip 2/3Effectiveness Implied
'Workable' implies that something is not only possible but also effective and efficient in practice.
We need a workable approach that meets all our objectives.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Ideal
A 'workable' solution may not be perfect but it's good enough to solve a problem temporarily or under certain conditions.
It's not the best option, but it's a workable compromise for now.
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David Puttnam: What...
Democracy, in order to work, requires that reasonable men and women take the time to understand and debate difficult, sometimes complex issues, and they do so in an atmosphere which strives for the type of understanding that leads to, if not agreement, then at least a productive and workable compromise.
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Jimmy Wales: How a...
is a very confusing, but workable mix of consensus -- meaning we try not to vote on the content of articles, because the majority view is not necessarily neutral -- some amount of democracy -- all of the administrators -- these are the people who have the ability to delete pages.
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
the way down to a baseline that is really uh workable in the sense so that when you try to open the country which we inevitably have to do i mean we can't just be locked down forever because of the deleterious consequences of that
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The art of choosing -...
in order to live we interpret what we see select the most workable of the multiple choices we live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images by the idea with which we learn to freeze the shifting
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A climate change...
It's malleable. It's workable. It makes it like a sponge. It can hold on to a lot of water and nutrients. Healthy and fertile soils like this support the most dynamic, abundant and diverse habitat for living things
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100 solutions to reverse...
and to pull down what's already there. I know. Given the current situation, it sounds impossible, but humanity already knows what to do. We have real, workable technologies and practices that can achieve drawdown.
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Nationalism vs....
I don't know. And certainly there is no obvious reason to think that it would look like Denmark, or that it would be a democracy. Most likely it wouldn't. We don't have workable democratic models
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
in order to live. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images,
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Colonizing Mars PIPE...
but he's had second thoughts about that I've come to realize that while some of them might be workable in principle that none of them are really workable in
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Helping African farmers...
years I did my first workable machine that could process the sex work the way
Video examples
David Puttnam: What...
Democracy, in order to work, requires that reasonable men and women take the time to understand and debate difficult, sometimes complex issues, and they do so in an atmosphere which strives for the type of understanding that leads to, if not agreement, then at least a productive and workable compromise.
Video examples
Jimmy Wales: How a...
is a very confusing, but workable mix of consensus -- meaning we try not to vote on the content of articles, because the majority view is not necessarily neutral -- some amount of democracy -- all of the administrators -- these are the people who have the ability to delete pages.
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Stopping Pandemics, An...
the way down to a baseline that is really uh workable in the sense so that when you try to open the country which we inevitably have to do i mean we can't just be locked down forever because of the deleterious consequences of that
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The art of choosing -...
in order to live we interpret what we see select the most workable of the multiple choices we live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images by the idea with which we learn to freeze the shifting
Video examples
A climate change...
It's malleable. It's workable. It makes it like a sponge. It can hold on to a lot of water and nutrients. Healthy and fertile soils like this support the most dynamic, abundant and diverse habitat for living things
Video examples
100 solutions to reverse...
and to pull down what's already there. I know. Given the current situation, it sounds impossible, but humanity already knows what to do. We have real, workable technologies and practices that can achieve drawdown.
Video examples
Nationalism vs....
I don't know. And certainly there is no obvious reason to think that it would look like Denmark, or that it would be a democracy. Most likely it wouldn't. We don't have workable democratic models
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: The art...
in order to live. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images,
Video examples
Colonizing Mars PIPE...
but he's had second thoughts about that I've come to realize that while some of them might be workable in principle that none of them are really workable in
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Helping African farmers...
years I did my first workable machine that could process the sex work the way
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Jeff Bridges
American Actor
I said I'm going to vote for Hillary. But my philosophy is that everything's workable. If Trump is president, I'll work with that guy. I don't know if he's terrible or what. He's refreshing in that he doesn't speak in that political way. I don't quite understand why everybody hates Hillary so much.
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Thad Cochran
American Politician
We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well.
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Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
One option is to run Medicaid like a health program - rather than an exercise in political morals - and let states tailor benefits to the individual needs of patients, even if that means abandoning the unworkable myth of 'comprehensive' coverage.
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Tulsi Tanti
Indian Businessman
By using our renewable resources, energy can be generated in a carbon-responsible, cost-effective manner that also creates jobs and mitigates climate change, providing a workable and affordable solution that will keep our planet healthy.
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John Abizaid
American Soldier
I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.
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Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.
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Joan Didion
American Author
We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices.
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Ram Charan
Indian Actor
We have to understand that content is king now. And it doesn't matter what the source of the content and where it's coming from, as long as it is workable.
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Malcolm Fraser
Australian Politician
Socialism is not a way of life. It is an unworkable formula which would apply to robots but not to men and women.
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Tony Hancock
British Comedian
So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean.
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Jeff Bridges
American Actor
I said I'm going to vote for Hillary. But my philosophy is that everything's workable. If Trump is president, I'll work with that guy. I don't know if he's terrible or what. He's refreshing in that he doesn't speak in that political way. I don't quite understand why everybody hates Hillary so much.
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Thad Cochran
American Politician
We have an opportunity, but we have an obligation to senior citizens and to the younger people who are entering the workforce today to help ensure that they are going to be able to trust the government to have a workable program that benefits them as well.
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Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
One option is to run Medicaid like a health program - rather than an exercise in political morals - and let states tailor benefits to the individual needs of patients, even if that means abandoning the unworkable myth of 'comprehensive' coverage.
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Tulsi Tanti
Indian Businessman
By using our renewable resources, energy can be generated in a carbon-responsible, cost-effective manner that also creates jobs and mitigates climate change, providing a workable and affordable solution that will keep our planet healthy.
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John Abizaid
American Soldier
I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people.
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Iain Duncan Smith
British Politician
With high underemployment - currently over one million part-time workers in the UK want to work more hours - sanctioning clients who cannot increase their hours seems to be both unworkable and unfair.
Quote examples
Joan Didion
American Author
We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices.
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Ram Charan
Indian Actor
We have to understand that content is king now. And it doesn't matter what the source of the content and where it's coming from, as long as it is workable.
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Malcolm Fraser
Australian Politician
Socialism is not a way of life. It is an unworkable formula which would apply to robots but not to men and women.
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Tony Hancock
British Comedian
So I turned these sort of deficiencies into a, a workable thing if you understand what I mean.
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