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usable

or use·a·ble

[ yoo-zuh-buhl ]
/ ˈyu zə bəl /
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adjective
available or convenient for use: 2000 square feet of usable office space.
capable of being used: That saw is no longer usable.
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Origin of usable

1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French; see use, -able

OTHER WORDS FROM usable

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Words related to usable

accessible, adaptable, applicable, convenient, expendable, functional, practical, profitable, serviceable, unused, useful, valid, valuable, advantageous, at hand, beneficial, consumable, current, employable, exhaustible

How to use usable in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for usable

usable

useable

/ (ˈjuːzəbəl) /
adjective
able to be used

Derived forms of usable

usability, useability, usableness or useableness, nounusably or useably, adverb
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