viable
pronunciation
How to pronounce viable in British English:
UK [ˈvaɪəbl]
How to pronounce viable in American English:
US [ˈvaɪəbl]
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- Adjective:
- capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
- capable of life or normal growth and development
Word Origin
- viable
- viable: see vital
- viable (adj.)
- 1828, from French viable "capable of life" (1530s), from vie "life" (from Latin vita "life;" see vital) + -able. Originally of newborn infants; generalized sense is first recorded 1848. Related: Viably.
Example
- 1. Softening the negative symptoms of waiting is a viable alternative .
- 2. Turning that ingenious fiction into a viable reality is another matter altogether .
- 3. Think about what it takes to be a viable republican candidate today .
- 4. Some have suggested that a two-tier system may provide the only viable solution .
- 5. The new manufacturing methods make low-volume production runs more viable .