doable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈduəbəl/ UK /ˈduːəbəl/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
able to be done; feasible

With an extra week, the deadline becomes entirely doable.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be done; feasible feasible achievable practicable attainable manageable viable workable

Opposites

impossible unfeasible unworkable impracticable

Word family

Derived forms doabilitydoableness

Related forms doundoableredoable

Etymology

From the verb do + -able; do descends from Old English don ('to do, make'), from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhe- ('to set, put').

don Old English *dōną Proto-Germanic *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European

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# doable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** ˈduəbəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈduːəbəl

## Meanings
1. able to be done; feasible

## Examples
- With an extra week, the deadline becomes entirely doable.

## Synonyms
- feasible
- achievable
- practicable
- attainable
- manageable
- viable
- workable

## Antonyms
- impossible
- unfeasible
- unworkable
- impracticable

## Derived Forms
- doability
- doableness

## Related Forms
- do
- undoable
- redoable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: don
- Root: *dōną
- Root: *dʰeh₁-

## Etymology
From the verb do + -able; do descends from Old English don ('to do, make'), from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhe- ('to set, put').

## AI Etymology
Doable is from the verb do + -able; do descends from Old English don ('to do, make'), from Proto-Germanic *dōną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhe- ('to set, put'). The ancestry passes through Old English don, Proto-Germanic *dōną, and Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-. The suffix -able forms an adjective of capability or suitability, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adjective, it means "able to be done; feasible", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include do, undoable, and redoable; derived forms include doability and doableness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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