Definitions for practicable
ˈpræk tɪ kə bəlprac·ti·ca·ble

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. operable, practicableadjective

   usable for a specific purpose

   "an operable plan"; "a practicable solution"

2. feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workableadjective

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. practicableadjective

   Capable of being accomplished; feasible.

2. practicableadjective

   Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.

3. practicableadjective

   Available for use; accessible or employable.

4. Etymology: From praticable.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Practicableadjective

   Etymology: practicable, Fr.

   1. Performable; feasible; capable to be practised.

   This falls out for want of examining what is practicable and what not, and for want again of measuring our force and capacity with our design. Roger L'Estrange.

   An heroick poem should be more like a glass of nature, figuring a more practicable virtue to us, than was done by the ancients. John Dryden, on Heroick Plays.

   This is a practicable degree of christian magnanimity. Francis Atterbury.

   Some physicians have thought, that if it were practicable to keep the humours of the body in an exact balance of each with its opposite, it might be immortal; but this is impossible in the practice. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Assailable; fit to be assailed.

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1. practicable

   Practicable refers to something that is achievable or able to be done; feasible. Usually, it's applied to ideas, plans, methods, or courses of action that are capable of being successfully accomplished or put into practical application.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Practicableadjective

   that may be practiced or performed; capable of being done or accomplished with available means or resources; feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a practicable good

2. Practicableadjective

   capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon; a practicable road

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. practicable

   Said of a breach in a rampart when its slope offers a fair means of ascent to an assaulting column.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. practicable

   A word frequently used in military matters to express the possible accomplishment of any object. Hence, a practicable breach.

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How to say practicable in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of practicable in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of practicable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of practicable in a Sentence

1. Michael Garcia:

   I have concluded that such a course of action would not be practicable in this case.

2. Alexander Hamilton:

   It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny their figure deformity.

3. Alexander Hamilton, Speech on 21 June 1788 urging ratification of the Constitution in New York.:

   It has been observed that a pure democracy if it were practicable would be the most perfect government. Experience has proved that no position is more false than this. The ancient democracies in which the people themselves deliberated never possessed one good feature of government. Their very character was tyranny; their figure deformity.

4. Ron Thiessen:

   The Clean Water Act, it says that the Army Corps of Engineers' will issue a permit based on the least environmentally damaging practicable alternative,' so I mean, you may still cause a lot of environmental damage but if it's the least damaging alternative, you get your permit.

5. Kaisa Group:

   The company will continue its efforts to reach a consensual restructuring of its outstanding debts, the company hopes to enter into standstill agreements with certain of its offshore debt holders as soon as practicable.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=practicable
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Practicable
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=practicable
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/practicable
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=practicable
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html