actionable

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   specific and useful enough to provide a practical basis for taking action

   The audit ended with three actionable recommendations.

2. 2
   adj

   law: giving sufficient grounds for a lawsuit or other legal action

   The lawyer explained why the misleading statement was actionable.

Formed from action + -able, with a parallel in Late Latin actionabilis. The legal sense, 'capable of supporting an action at law,' is older; the modern business and technical sense broadened this to information or advice that can be acted upon.

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