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ˈvaɪ ə bəlvi·able

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workableadjective

    capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are

  2. viableadjective

    capable of life or normal growth and development

    "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"

Wiktionary

  1. viableadjective

    Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)

  2. viableadjective

    Able to be done, possible.

  3. viableadjective

    In , able to live and develop.

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  1. viable

    Viable refers to something that is capable of working or functioning successfully, feasible, practical, or achievable. In terms of biological context, it refers to the capability of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Viableadjective

    capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant

  2. Etymology: [F., from vie life, L. vita. See Vital.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Viable

    vī′a-bl, adj. capable of living.—n. Viabil′ity. [Fr., through Low L.—L. vita, life.]

Editors Contribution

  1. viable

    Practical, logical and capable of being achieved.

    It iss a viable option as it iss intelligent, just and fair.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of VIABLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of VIABLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of VIABLE in a Sentence

  1. Robert Lutts:

    For the longer term, solar is still viable, but right now on Wall Street, no one has any confidence in the regulatory environment for the state level, are we encouraging future solar growth, not only on the residential side but on the utility side? That's a question that nobody knows the answer to until we see more regulatory changes.

  2. Jack McCain:

    Even this, i hope his personality has shown through. Whether it was an offhanded comment or not, if that's his true belief, then there needs to be some serious soul-searching as to whether or not he is a viable candidate for president.

  3. Monmouth University pollster Patrick Murray:

    The limitations are once we get down to a smaller field, the dynamic that has helped Rubio which is late-deciding voters looking for the most viable candidate doesn't help anymore, because we're now down to the remaining viable candidates, and because of that we will see fewer voters in the next contest waiting until the last few days to make up their minds.

  4. Tim Buckley:

    The market for green hydrogen exports has sort of deflated quite dramatically when people realize there’ll be a decade or two before you can actually ship green hydrogen anywhere overseas, people have spent a lot of time including myself looking at green ammonia exports, but again, that’s problematic. It’s far more commercially viable than green hydrogen, but then there’s efficiency loss.

  5. Ken Jeong:

    The bigger picture is to have more Asian-American filmmakers' voices being heard on a major commercial studio platform. It's bigger than me. It's bigger than us, the proof is in the pudding. It's commercially viable, it's profitable. When you're hearing people of color, African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, you're hearing all of us.

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