Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waitable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wait-able
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Implementing a wait/notify functionality.

adj

Worth waiting, reasonable to wait.

adj

Available or accessible within a period of time that is reasonable to wait.

Example Sentences

"This function cancels a waitable timer operation. The timer remains in its current state and will not restart until explicitly started […]"
"In a [certain] Win32 application, you need to process messages, but you also want to wait for kernel-level waitable objects, and coordinate several activities."
"[…] ---2 months can change a lot--- bringing up '2 years' is ridiculous. 2 months is waitable."
"[…] can someone tell me how busy tomorrowland has been is it waitable or does it like take 3 hrs like some were saying to get on RR […]"

Etymology

From wait + -able.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: wait

Inflected Forms

more waitable (comparative) most waitable (superlative)

Questions

What does waitable mean?: Implementing a wait/notify functionality.
Where does waitable come from?: From wait + -able.

How to pronounce waitable

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