practiceableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpraktᵻsəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpræktəsəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1500s 1900s– practisable, 1600s practiseable, 1600s 1800s– practiceable.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: practise v., -able suffix.

Etymology: < practise v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin practizabilis (c1377 in a British source). Compare later practicable adj.

Able to be put into practice; practicable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible

openOE

possiblec1384

doablec1443

feasiblec1460

agible?a1475

performable1548

parable1563

practiceable1570

compassable1581

factible1585

effectuable1590

practicable1593

exploitable1611

achievable1634

effectible1646

operable1646

accomplishable1657

perpetrable1680

workable1756

executable1796

expeditable1820

workable1822

powerable1860

runnable1860

manageable1866

actable1876

viable1955

the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [adjective] > capable of being practised or exercised

practiceable1570

exercisable1741

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. *ij How often, therfore, these fiue..Operations, do..differre from the fiue operations of like..name, in our Whole numbers practisable.

1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett. 22 Certaine Vertues not practiseable by the poor.

1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 296 The thing itself plainly appeares to be practiceable.

1877 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 19 July His balloon can be made to travel against contrary winds, and when this is not practiceable, it will tack to and fro like a ship.

1903 H. James Let. 11 Dec. in M. Anesko Lett., Fictions, Lives 396 I am trying meanwhile to persuade myself..that it will be possible for me to come over & see you in the course of the coming year—there being nothing..to make the idea practisable.

1953 College Art Jrnl. 12 216 The gap between the profusely proposed ethical theories of our time and their lacking translation into practiceable rules..is perhaps the most regrettable shortcoming of all.

2000 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 105 1214 This latter approach was never practiceable in Japan.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	practiceable
释义	practiceableadj. Brit. /ˈpraktᵻsəbl/, U.S. /ˈpræktəsəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1500s 1900s– practisable, 1600s practiseable, 1600s 1800s– practiceable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: practise v., -able suffix. Etymology: < practise v. + -able suffix. Compare post-classical Latin practizabilis (c1377 in a British source). Compare later practicable adj. Able to be put into practice; practicable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > feasible openOE possiblec1384 doablec1443 feasiblec1460 agible?a1475 performable1548 parable1563 practiceable1570 compassable1581 factible1585 effectuable1590 practicable1593 exploitable1611 achievable1634 effectible1646 operable1646 accomplishable1657 perpetrable1680 workable1756 executable1796 expeditable1820 workable1822 powerable1860 runnable1860 manageable1866 actable1876 viable1955 the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [adjective] > capable of being practised or exercised practiceable1570 exercisable1741 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ij How often, therfore, these fiue..Operations, do..differre from the fiue operations of like..name, in our Whole numbers practisable. 1634 W. Tirwhyt tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Lett.* 22 Certaine Vertues not practiseable by the poor. 1644 G. Plattes in S. Hartlib Legacy (1655) 296 The thing itself plainly appeares to be practiceable. 1877 Indiana (Pa.) Progress 19 July His balloon can be made to travel against contrary winds, and when this is not practiceable, it will tack to and fro like a ship. 1903 H. James Let. 11 Dec. in M. Anesko Lett., Fictions, Lives 396 I am trying meanwhile to persuade myself..that it will be possible for me to come over & see you in the course of the coming year—there being nothing..to make the idea practisable. 1953 College Art Jrnl. 12 216 The gap between the profusely proposed ethical theories of our time and their lacking translation into practiceable rules..is perhaps the most regrettable shortcoming of all. 2000 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 105 1214 This latter approach was never practiceable in Japan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1570
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