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usable

English

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From Old French usable, from the verb user (“to use”).

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usable (comparative more usable, superlative most usable)

  1. Capable of being used.
    • 2023 March 8, Howard Johnston, “Was Marples the real railway wrecker?”, in RAIL, number 978, page 53:
      The late Professor Pat White was an outspoken critic. In his 1986 book Forgotten Railways, he dismissed as smoke and mirrors the oft-used argument that 33% of rail routes carried only 1% of the traffic, as it ignores the fact that a third of the national road network also only carried 2% of cars and lorries. But unlike rail, road got away with it because no mention was made of how much it cost the taxpayer to keep them usable.
    Antonym: unusable
  2. Easy to use; exhibiting good usability.
    Synonym: user-friendliness
  3. homosexual
    • 2019 episode 1 A Very English Scandal
      Are you telling me that you were useable?

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Catalan

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From usar +‎ -able.

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usable m or f (masculine and feminine plural usables)

  1. usable
    Synonym: utilitzable
    Antonym: inusable

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From usar +‎ -able.

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  • IPA(key): /uˈsable/ [uˈsa.β̞le]
  • Rhymes: -able
  • Syllabification: u‧sa‧ble

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usable m or f (masculine and feminine plural usables)

  1. usable
    Synonym: utilizable
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