What does Viable mean?
Definitions for Viable
ˈvaɪ ə bəlvi·able
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Princeton's WordNet
feasible, executable, practicable, viable, workableadjective
capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
viableadjective
capable of life or normal growth and development
"viable seeds"; "a viable fetus"
Wiktionary
viableadjective
Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
viableadjective
Able to be done, possible.
viableadjective
In , able to live and develop.
ChatGPT
viable
Viable refers to something that is capable of working or functioning successfully, feasible, practical, or achievable. In terms of biological context, it refers to the capability of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions.
Webster Dictionary
Viableadjective
capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, infant
Etymology: [F., from vie life, L. vita. See Vital.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Viable
vī′a-bl, adj. capable of living.—n. Viabil′ity. [Fr., through Low L.—L. vita, life.]
Editors Contribution
viable
Practical, logical and capable of being achieved.
It iss a viable option as it iss intelligent, just and fair.
Submitted by MaryC on March 18, 2020
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Viable in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Viable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of Viable in a Sentence
Republican leadership tends to flood cash behind moderate candidates who will take orders from leadership, and they leave conservatives often gasping for oxygen—conservatives who are strong, viable candidates, but they leave them severely underfunded, i think leadership should stay out of primaries…when they get involved in primaries, they’re almost consistently wrong.
Simply cancelling or deferring economically viable projects to hit a lower capex number doesn't make sense, especially when the company's balance sheet remains reasonably robust.
Rotary winged aircraft are significantly less efficient at generating lift compared to their fixed wing counterparts [so] a viable 100 per cent solar rotary aircraft that can take-off and land vertically remains a major engineering challenge to date.
I think he could end up being a very viable alternative to Hillary.
We're moving fast, the plan is to transition from the RD-180 by investing with industry partners to develop commercially viable launch systems that also assure access to space for our (national security space) systems.
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- قابل للحياةArabic
- viableCatalan, Valencian
- životaschopnýCzech
- machbar, lebensfähig, selbständigGerman
- βιώσιμοςGreek
- farebla, vivipovaEsperanto
- viableSpanish
- elujõuline, elluviidav, eluvõimelineEstonian
- elinkelpoinen, mahdollinenFinnish
- viableFrench
- व्यवहार्यHindi
- életképesHungarian
- կե� սու� ակArmenian
- giatIndonesian
- vivibileItalian
- קיימאHebrew
- 実行可能Japanese
- 생존 가능한Korean
- levensvatbaar, uitvoerbaarDutch
- wykonalnyPolish
- viávelPortuguese
- viabilRomanian
- осуществимый, жизнеспособный, возможныйRussian
- genomförbar, livskraftigSwedish
- சாத்தியமானTamil
- అనుకూలమైనTelugu
- geçerliTurkish
- khả thiVietnamese
- 可行的Chinese
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