Viable Meaning
/ˈvaɪəbəl/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjCapable of working successfully, surviving, or developing properly.
adjAble to live on its own (as for a newborn).
Sentence Examples
What you're saying is perfectly viable, but I can't shake off my unease.
Tom didn't think that his boss's plan was a viable one.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The committee identified only one ____ solution to the severe budget crisis.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager decided that the plan was no longer ____ because the costs had increased significantly over the month today.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from French viable (further from Latin vīta), with semantic influence of Latin viābilis (“passable”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination"."
— 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The committee identified only one ____ solution to the severe budget crisis.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager decided that the plan was no longer ____ because the costs had increased significantly over the month today.