adjective
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able to be done or put into effect; possible
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likely; probable
a feasible excuse
Related Words
See possible.
Other Word Forms
- feasibility noun
- feasibleness noun
- feasibly adverb
- nonfeasible adjective
- nonfeasibly adverb
- unfeasible adjective
- unfeasibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of feasible
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English feseable, faisible, from Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to fes-, fais- (variant stem of faire, from Latin facere “to do”) + -ible adjective suffix; -ible
Example Sentences
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Generating electricity from geothermal - known as deep geothermal - is also technically feasible in Scotland and the Northeast of England, but there are currently no approved plans to do so.
From BBC
Although feasible, this goal is ambitious, which is why the resolution calls on Congress and the administration to chart a multiyear path.
"Fast forward two and a half years and we've shown that exactly what we had speculated is feasible in mice."
From Science Daily
Further concessions to American households' shopping bills might be made - especially if "tariff dividend cheques" for households become less feasible as revenues dwindle further.
From BBC
And in demonstrating that “internment on a massive scale was now not only imaginable but also feasible,” Mr. Brundage writes, America set a precedent that would be followed in every major war to come.
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