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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Practicable \Prac"ti*ca*ble\, a. [LL. practicare to act,
     transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable,
     pratiquer to practice. See Practical.]
     1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done
        or accomplished with available means or resources;
        feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a
        practicable good.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
        a practicable road.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
        approach and entrance by an assailing party.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A
          thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law
          of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want
          of the means requisite to its performance.
          [1913 Webster] -- Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. --
          Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Practicable \Prac"ti*ca*ble\, a. [LL. practicare to act,
     transact, fr. L. practicus active, Gr. ?: cf. F. practicable,
     pratiquer to practice. See Practical.]
     1. That may be practiced or performed; capable of being done
        or accomplished with available means or resources;
        feasible; as, a practicable method; a practicable aim; a
        practicable good.
  
     2. Capable of being used; passable; as, a practicable weapon;
        a practicable road.
  
     Practicable breach (Mil.), a breach which admits of
        approach and entrance by an assailing party.
  
     Syn: Possible; feasible. -- Practicable, Possible. A
          thing may be possible, i. e., not forbidden by any law
          of nature, and yet may not now be practicable for want
          of the means requisite to its performance. --
          Prac"ti*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Prac"ti*ca*bly, adv.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  practicable
       adj 1: usable for a specific purpose; "an operable plan"; "a
              practicable solution" [syn: operable]
       2: capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances
          as they are [syn: feasible, executable, viable, workable]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  practicable
     Αγγλικά a.
     εφαρμόσιμος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  practicable
     Catalan a.
     (l en practicable), feasible
     Spanish a.
     (l en practicable), feasible

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  practicable
     a.
     Capable of being accomplished; feasible.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  practicable
     Catalan a.
     (l en practicable), feasible
     Spanish a.
     (l en practicable), feasible

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  practicable
     Catalan a.
     (l en practicable), feasible
     Spanish a.
     (l en practicable), feasible

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  practicable
     Espanja a.
     käyttökelpoinen

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/
  1. berybaar
  2. begaanbaar

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/
  عملي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  practicable //ˈpɹæktɪkəbəl// 
  1. използваем
  available for use; accessible or employable
  2. изпълним, осъществим
  capable of being accomplished; feasible
  3. приложим
  serving a useful function; functional or handy

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/ 
  použitelný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/ 
  proveditelný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/ 
  vykonavatelný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/
  praktikabel, praktisch durchführbar, machbar, möglich, realistisch 
        "a practicable solution"  - eine praktikable Lösung
        "a practicable timetable"  - ein realistischer Zeitplan
        "so far as is reasonably practicable"  - soweit das praktisch durchführbar ist
     Synonyms: workable, viable
  

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/ 
  1. उपयोगी
        "We did not consider that such an arrangement was practicable."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/
  izvodljiv, prohodan, prolazan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/
  1. gyakorlati
  2. használható
  3. megvalósítható
  4. keresztülvihetô

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/
  praticabile

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  practicable /præktikəbl/
  1. berijdbaar
  2. begaanbaar

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  practicable /ˈpræktɪkəbəl/ 
    możliwy

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/ 
  praticável, viável

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  practicable /præktikəbl/
  1. practicable, transitable

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  practicable /pɹˈaktɪkəbəl/
  1. yapılabilir, icrası mümkün
  2. kullanışlı, elverişli. practicabil'ity  kullanışlılık, pratiklik. practicably  pratik surette, kullanışlı olarak.

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  practicable /pɾˌaktikˈaβle/ 
  praktizierbar

From Spanish-German FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1 :   [ freedict:spa-deu ]

  practicable /pɾˌaktikˈaβle/ 
  machbar

From Spanish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:spa-eng ]

  practicable /pɾˌaktikˈaβle/
  1. passable, practicable

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɹæktəkəbəɫ/

From IPA:es_ES :   [ IPA:es_ES ]

  

/pɾaktikaβle/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/pɾaktikaβle/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "practicable":
     accessible, accomplishable, achievable, actable, attainable,
     banausic, compassable, doable, effective, effectual, efficient,
     employable, feasible, functional, handy, manageable, maneuverable,
     manipulatable, negotiable, operable, operatable, operative,
     overcomable, performable, possible, practical, pragmatic,
     realizable, serviceable, superable, surmountable, usable, useful,
     viable, workable
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 可实行的,可做的,可用的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 可实行的,可做的,可用的

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