executable
/ (ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtəbəl) /
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adjective
(of a computer program) able to be run
noun
a file containing a program that will run as soon as it is opened
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Words nearby executable
execrable, execrate, execration, execrative, execratory, executable, executant, executary, execute, execution, executioner
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A clear Bargain this at last: and in the times that had come, it proved executable so far.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.)|Thomas CarlyleO, what truths profound and executable only in ages and orbs, are supposed in the announcement of every truth!
Essays, First Series|Ralph Waldo EmersonOnly as the end is converted into means is it definitely conceived, or intellectually defined, to say nothing of being executable.
Human Nature and Conduct|John Dewey