practicability

practicability
practicable ► ADJECTIVE ▪ able to be done or put into practice successfully.
DERIVATIVES practicability noun practicably adverb.
USAGE Although they are related, practicable and practical do not mean exactly the same thing: practicable means ‘able to be done successfully’, whereas the closest senses of practical are ‘likely to be effective, feasible’ and ‘suitable for a particular purpose’.

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  • Practicability — Prac ti*ca*bil i*ty, n. The quality or state of being practicable; practicableness; feasibility. The practicability of such a project. Stewart. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • practicability — index feasibility, potential Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • practicability — noun see practicable …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • practicability — See practicable. * * * …   Universalium

  • practicability — noun The state of being practicable; feasibility Ant: impracticability …   Wiktionary

  • practicability — Synonyms and related words: achievability, actability, applicability, attainability, availability, compassability, effectiveness, efficacy, efficiency, feasibility, functionality, helpfulness, manageability, maneuverability, manipulatability,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • practicability — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. potentiality, possibility, feasibility; see probability …   English dictionary for students

  • practicability — prac·ti·ca·bil·i·ty || ‚præktɪkÉ™ bɪlÉ™tɪ n. feasibility, ability to be carried out; ability to be performed, ability to be accomplished …   English contemporary dictionary

  • practicability — n. 1. Feasibility, feasibleness, possibility, practicableness. 2. Fitness for use, the being open to travel or passage, passability, passableness, openness to entrance …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • practicability — n 1. feasibility, possibility, workability, attainability, doability, achievability. 2. usefulness, practicality, efficaciousness, effectiveness; use, handiness, value, advantageousness, advantage, expediency …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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