SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN adjective capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
probable; likely: a feasible theory.
suitable: a road feasible for travel.
Origin of feasible 1425–75; late Middle English feseable, faisible <
Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to
fes-, fais- (variant stem of
faire <
Latin facere to do) +
-ible -ible Related forms fea·si·bil·i·ty , fea·si·ble·ness , noun fea·si·bly , adverb non·fea·si·bil·i·ty , noun non·fea·si·ble , adjective non·fea·si·ble·ness , noun non·fea·si·bly , adverb un·fea·si·bil·i·ty , noun un·fea·si·ble , adjective un·fea·si·ble·ness , noun un·fea·si·bly , adverb Can be confused feasible viable Dictionary.com Unabridged
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probable Examples from the Web for feasible Contemporary Examples of feasible Cooperating with Assad is also the only feasible way, at present, to lessen the humanitarian nightmare in Syria.
She “was better at impugning our choices…than identifying any feasible alternatives.”
As the US has found, world domination is not a feasible project any more, if it ever was.
He told his class at the beginning that marketing such a shoe was “85 percent feasible .”
Serious scientists began to argue it would be feasible to grow meat in a lab in recent decades.
Historical Examples of feasible Whether or not the scheme was feasible at that time it is impossible to say.
You are to depart as soon as feasible : you know what that means.
What attractions are possible and feasible in the rural communities?
Even if it had been feasible —which I doubt—I would not have done so.
If it proves to be feasible , I can give Ashton a chance to make good as an engineer.
British Dictionary definitions for feasible adjective able to be done or put into effect; possible
likely; probable a feasible excuse
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Derived Forms feasibility or feasibleness , noun feasibly , adverb Word Origin for feasible C15: from Anglo-French faisable , from faire to do, from Latin facere
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Word Origin and History for feasible adj. "capable of being done, accomplished or carried out," mid-15c., from Anglo-French faisible , from Old French faisable "possible, easy, convenient," from fais- , stem of faire "do, make," from Latin facere "do, perform" (see factitious ). Fowler recommends this word only for those "who feel that the use of an ordinary word for an ordinary notion does not do justice to their vocabulary or sufficiently exhibit their cultivation."
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