executable

C2+ Topic:Technology & Computing

US /ˈɛksɪkjutəbəl/ UK /ˈɛksɪkjuːtəbəl/ See IPA manual

adj noun

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1

adj
able to be carried out or run, especially a computer program file

Double-click the executable to launch the installer.

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Synonyms

1 adj · able to be carried out or... runnableoperableperformableworkable achievable program binary

Opposites

inexecutableunworkable impracticable

Word family

Related forms execute execution executor

Etymology

From execute + -able, from Old French executer, from Medieval Latin executare, from Latin exsequi ('to follow out, carry out'), from ex- ('out') + sequi ('to follow').

exsequi Latin sequi Latin

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Technology & Computing Word Formation & Derivatives

# executable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** ˈɛksɪkjutəbəl
**IPA (UK):** ˈɛksɪkjuːtəbəl

## Meanings
1. able to be carried out or run, especially a computer program file

## Examples
- Double-click the executable to launch the installer.

## Synonyms
- runnable
- operable
- performable
- workable
- achievable
- program
- binary

## Antonyms
- inexecutable
- unworkable
- impracticable

## Related Forms
- execute
- execution
- executor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exsequi
- Root: sequi

## Etymology
From execute + -able, from Old French executer, from Medieval Latin executare, from Latin exsequi ('to follow out, carry out'), from ex- ('out') + sequi ('to follow').

## AI Etymology
Executable comes from execute + -able, from Old French executer, from Medieval Latin executare, from Latin exsequi ('to follow out, carry out'), from ex- ('out') + sequi ('to follow'). The etymological trail includes Latin exsequi and Latin sequi. As an adjective, executable describes what is able to be carried out or run, especially a computer program file. The same family is visible in related forms such as execute, execution, and executor. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Technology & Computing
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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