[1950–55; survive + -able]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, drip-dry, hot line, point spread, wiretap-able is a suffix meaning “capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to,”associated in meaning with the word able, occurring in loanwords from Latin (laudable); used in English as a highly productive suffix to form adjectives by addition tostems of any origin (teachable; photographable)
Examples of 'survivable' in a sentence
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Her double hull and heavy sealed compartments along the waterline make her easily the most survivable warship in Naval history.
Patrick Robinson NIMITZ CLASS (1997)
The key is always to encourage survivable risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It gave the chute enough lift to be a survivable landing.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
It was seen as a more survivable option than aircraft.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
That is well beyond what we would consider survivable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Not a survivable distance, in other words.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Prison had been surprisingly 'survivable'.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It was a survivable accident.
canada.com (2012)
Research suggests 90% are survivable, it reveals, and points to ways of enhancing your chances of escaping.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The city can be a scrum, but if you have your own place it's survivable.