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[ fee -zuh -buh l ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈfi zə bəl / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective capable of being done, effected, or accomplished: a feasible plan.
probable; likely: a feasible theory.
suitable: a road feasible for travel.
Origin of feasible First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English feseable, faisible, from Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to fes-, fais- (variant stem of faire, from Latin facere “to do”) + -ible adjective suffix; see -ible
synonym study for feasible 1 . See possible.
OTHER WORDS FROM feasible fea·si·bil·i·ty [fee-zuh -bil -i-tee], /ˌfi zəˈbɪl ɪ ti/, fea·si·ble·ness, noun fea·si·bly, adverb non·fea·si·ble, adjective non·fea·si·bly, adverb
un·fea·si·ble, adjective un·fea·si·bly, adverb
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All, however, were ready to act, when a feasible plan should be proposed.
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From the south side the descent, though wearisome, is feasible .
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To her inexperience desperate remedies had seemed so simple, so feasible —the factors of life so few and unentwined.
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British Dictionary definitions for feasible adjective able to be done or put into effect; possible
likely; probable a feasible excuse
Derived forms of feasible feasibility or feasibleness , noun feasibly , adverb Word Origin for feasible C15: from Anglo-French faisable , from faire to do, from Latin facere
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