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WURK-uh-bl/ˈwɜːkəbl/

Workable means able to be used or done in practice: a workable plan, a workable rota. Practical is everyday; unworkable sits opposite. A vision slide is comms; a named spare is cover.

Meaning

Able to be used or done in practice.

Examples

• “A workable rota names the spare; a vision slide does not.”
• “Practical is everyday. Feasible is the close twin. A slide is a deck. A cell is a name. Write the name; then the vision if it still fits.”

Good to know

Usable in practice. Close: feasible. A vision slide ≠ a named spare.

Near in meaning

feasible

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