usable
pronunciation
How to pronounce usable in British English:
UK [ˈju:zəbl]
How to pronounce usable in American English:
US [ˈjuzəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- able to be put to use
- fit or ready for use or service
- convenient for use or disposal
Word Origin
- usable (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French usable "available, in use" (14c.), from user (see use (v.)). Not a common word before c. 1840, when probably it was re-formed from use (v.) + -able. Related: Usably.
Example
- 1. But those two-dimensional performers severely limit usable camera angles .
- 2. It sounds suspiciously as if one single usable take of juvenile warbling has been spliced repeatedly through the track , making the already repetitive rhythm of the main theme madly insistent .
- 3. A third did two biopsies but was unable to get usable dna .
- 4. We got plenty usable stuff for him .
- 5. Plastids convert sunlight , water and carbon dioxide into usable nutrients .