doable

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English

Etymology

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

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Adjective

doable (comparative more doable, superlative most doable)

  1. Possible to do; feasible.
    • 2021 May 5, “Andy Burnham's speech to the TfN board meeting”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:
      "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.
    • 2025 May 21, Oliver Milman, “Godfather of climate science decries Trump plan to shut Nasa lab above Seinfeld diner: ‘It’s crazy’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
      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.
  2. (informal) Worthy of sexual conquest.
    Look at that chick - she's so doable!

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Noun

doable (plural doables)

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

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