workable
/wˈɝkəbəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Capable of functioning.
Example Sentences
- "They came up with a workable solution, until they could think of something better."
- "Penrhyn Quarry vertical-boilered 0-4-0 locomotive "George Henry," built by De Winton & Company in 1877. It is the last survivor of its class, and is still in workable condition."
- "The point was also made that the size and diversity of GWR's network and the number of services that are not capable of having reservations (Thames Valley, many branch lines, and so on) has meant a mandatory reservation system is not a workable system for them."
Etymology
Etymology tree English work Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English workable From work + -able.
Inflected Forms
more workable (comparative)
most workable (superlative)