Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

doable

/ˈduː.ə.bəl/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.05 in modern English

Syllables: doable
IPA: /ˈduː.ə.bəl/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Possible to do; feasible.

adj

Worthy of sexual conquest.

Informal

noun

Something that can be done; a possible or practical task.

Example Sentences

""I think this is embarrassing for the rail industry to put out non-workable options in a major public consultation that lots of people have given plenty of time to for then, at this stage, for us to be told that none of it was doable in the first place."
"The work will, for now, continue in a different, disparate form. “It’s doable but it is disruptive,” said Kate Marvel, a climate scientist at GISS."
"Look at that chick - she's so doable!"

Etymology

From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: doable

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more doable (comparative) most doable (superlative) do-able (alternative) doables (plural)

Derived Forms

doability undoable

Synonyms

accomplishable achievable manageable realizable

Rhymes With

renewable non-renewable nonrenewable

Questions

How do you pronounce doable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈduː.ə.bəl/.
What does doable mean?: Possible to do; feasible.
Where does doable come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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