What does viable mean?

Definitions for viable
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. Antonio Pires de Lima:

    The privatisation process continues. It is necessary to ensure that TAP remains viable and sustainable, to ensure its recapitalisation, in just a few days we will know the proposals by bidders.

  2. Putri Pascualy:

    We remain cautiously optimistic, security selection will be paramount in identifying events that are still viable despite recent market volatility.

  3. Natascha Engel:

    Shale gas could still have an exciting future in the UK but for that to be the case, the traffic light system needs to be reviewed quickly or the limits changed to reflect the measurements used in every other extractive industry, in the absence of that, a perfectly viable industry is wasted.

  4. Kiki Freedman:

    It's estimated that there will be a 3000 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in California, and nearly an 8700 % increase in people whose nearest abortion clinic would be in Illinois when Roe is overturned, in a post-Roe world, abortion care via mail will likely become the most viable form of access for most of the country.

  5. Dana Schrad:

    That myth has been around for a long time. And a lot of Democrats and Republicans have fallen for it, tobe honest with you, Joe Biden has actually been fairly supportive of law enforcement and hes done a lot over theyears in different areas supportive oflaw enforcement. So itsunfortunate that he would not know that thats not a [viable] training tactic in law enforcement.

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