practicable

[ prak-ti-kuh-buhl ]

/ ˈpræk tɪ kə bəl /

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adjective

capable of being done, effected, or put into practice, with the available means; feasible: a practicable solution.

capable of being used: a practicable gift.

Theater. (of a stage property or part of a set) designed or constructed for actual use; a practicable window; practicable water faucets.

OTHER WORDS FOR practicable

1 workable, achievable, attainable.

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OPPOSITES FOR practicable

1 unfeasible.

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Origin of practicable

1660–70; <Medieval Latin practic(āre) to practice + -able

synonym study for practicable

1. See possible.

OTHER WORDS FROM practicable

prac·ti·ca·bil·i·ty, prac·ti·ca·ble·ness, nounprac·ti·ca·bly, adverbnon·prac·ti·ca·bil·i·ty, nounnon·prac·ti·ca·ble, adjective

non·prac·ti·ca·ble·ness, nounnon·prac·ti·ca·bly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH practicable

possible, practicable , practical (see synonym study at possible)

Words nearby practicable

Pr, pr0n, PRA, pracharak, practic, practicable, practical, practical art, practical effect, practical imperative, practicalism

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How to use practicable in a sentence

“We look forward to hearing this item at the next practicable meeting of the Board of Directors, no later than September 30, 2022,” Gloria, Blakespear and Sotelo-Solis wrote.
Politics Report: These Mayors Are So Mad|Andrew Keatts and Scott Lewis|September 3, 2022|Voice of San Diego
It also requires districts to be contiguous and “as compact … as practicable,” criteria that certain districts in the new map may not satisfy.
New York’s Proposed Congressional Map Is Heavily Biased Toward Democrats. Will It Pass?|Nathaniel Rakich (nathaniel.rakich@fivethirtyeight.com)|January 31, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
The technology industry—produced and made wealthy by these immense advances in computing—has failed to imagine alternative futures both bold and practicable enough to address humanity’s gravest health and climatic challenges.
Where computing might go next|Margaret O’Mara|October 27, 2021|MIT Technology Review
His counterfactual musings don't provide any practicable, coherent or implementable alternatives.
Israel and Palestine Vs. ‘Blood and Magic’|Hussein Ibish, Saliba Sarsar|September 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST

It makes his prescriptions particularly powerful because they are practicable, if not a little ambitious.
Political Independents: The Future of Politics?|John Avlon|September 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
ARIES Power of concentration is at a peak, percolating grains of ideas into practicable projects.
What the Stars Hold for Your Week|Starsky + Cox|July 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But what might have been very practicable for eight hundred and sixty men, was impossible for three hundred and sixty.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
My coup-d'œil assured me that it was practicable to give to this feature the character of a projecting under-jaw.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
A study of blood bacteriology is useful, but is hardly practicable for the practitioner.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It was not practicable to deny a legal-tender value to so much Mexican, and Spanish-Philippine coin in circulation.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
But it was not, in fact, found practicable to avoid improving the accommodation, even for the able-bodied.
English Poor Law Policy|Sidney Webb

British Dictionary definitions for practicable

practicable

/ (ˈpræktɪkəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being done; feasible

usable

Derived forms of practicable

practicability or practicableness, nounpracticably, adverb

Word Origin for practicable

C17: from French praticable, from pratiquer to practise; see practical

undefined practicable

See practical

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undefined practicable