actableadj.

Brit.

/ˈaktəbl/, U.S.

/ˈæktəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1800s actible, 1800s– actable.

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

Etymology: < act v. + -able suffix.

1. Capable of being acted successfully; able to be performed dramatically.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > qualities of play

unproduceable1704

playable1725

unproduciblea1760

undramatic1769

unplayable1806

unactable1810

actable1825

blue fire1826

undramatical1829

actor-proof1893

nailed-up1894

talky1937

1825 N.-Y. Rev. July 131 It appears to us to be what the connoisseurs in stage effect would call a very ‘actable’ play.

1881 Dram. Ref. Jrnl. Nov. 216/2 He first learnt how to write a fairly actable comedy.

1938 W. B. Otis & M. H. Needleman Surv.-hist. Eng. Lit. xxii. 511 Humor, actable dialogue, and good planning could not sustain an inadequate motif.

1957 G. Overmyer America's First Hamlet i. v. 55 However Julia may rank as an actable work for the stage, the play, when read, is fast-moving, witty, amazingly penetrating in thought.

2003 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 2 Nov. h9 One of the things that drew me to this movie is that it was all actable.

2. Able to be acted or carried out in practice.

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

1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 76 Is naked truth actable in true life?

1945 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 29 64 [Basic English's] sixteen ‘operators’ in their key senses are the most demonstrable of all general verbs, corresponding as they do to visible actable operations.

2005 C. A. Magariños Econ. Devel. & UN Reform iii. 76 Its governing bodies must be geared towards taking ‘actable’ decisions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	actable
释义	actableadj. Brit. /ˈaktəbl/, U.S. /ˈæktəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1800s actible, 1800s– actable. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: act v., -able suffix. Etymology: < act v. + -able suffix. 1. Capable of being acted successfully; able to be performed dramatically. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [adjective] > qualities of play unproduceable1704 playable1725 unproduciblea1760 undramatic1769 unplayable1806 unactable1810 actable1825 blue fire1826 undramatical1829 actor-proof1893 nailed-up1894 talky1937 1825 N.-Y. Rev. July 131 It appears to us to be what the connoisseurs in stage effect would call a very ‘actable’ play. 1881 Dram. Ref. Jrnl. Nov. 216/2 He first learnt how to write a fairly actable comedy. 1938 W. B. Otis & M. H. Needleman Surv.-hist. Eng. Lit. xxii. 511 Humor, actable dialogue, and good planning could not sustain an inadequate motif. 1957 G. Overmyer America's First Hamlet i. v. 55 However Julia may rank as an actable work for the stage, the play, when read, is fast-moving, witty, amazingly penetrating in thought. 2003 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 2 Nov. h9 One of the things that drew me to this movie is that it was all actable. 2. Able to be acted or carried out in practice. 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 1876 Ld. Tennyson Harold iii. i. 76 Is naked truth actable in true life? 1945 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 29 64 [Basic English's] sixteen ‘operators’ in their key senses are the most demonstrable of all general verbs, corresponding as they do to visible actable operations. 2005 C. A. Magariños Econ. Devel. & UN Reform iii. 76 Its governing bodies must be geared towards taking ‘actable’ decisions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1825
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