usable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈjuːzəbəl/ UK /ˈjuːzəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
able to be used; fit for use

Only half the tools in the shed were still usable.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · able to be used; fit for use serviceable functional practical operable workable

Opposites

unusableuseless broken defunct

Word family

Derived forms usabilityusablyusableness

Related forms use usagereusable

Etymology

From use plus -able; use is from Old French user, from Vulgar Latin *usare, frequentative of Latin uti ('to use, employ').

uti Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities

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# usable

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

## Meanings
1. able to be used; fit for use

## Examples
- Only half the tools in the shed were still usable.

## Synonyms
- serviceable
- functional
- practical
- operable
- workable

## Antonyms
- unusable
- useless
- broken
- defunct

## Derived Forms
- usability
- usably
- usableness

## Related Forms
- use
- usage
- reusable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: uti

## Etymology
From use plus -able; use is from Old French user, from Vulgar Latin *usare, frequentative of Latin uti ('to use, employ').

## AI Etymology
Usable is from use plus -able; use is from Old French user, from Vulgar Latin *usare, frequentative of Latin uti ('to use, employ'). Important recorded forms include uti (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers able to be used; fit for use. The wider family includes derived forms such as usability, usably, and usableness and related words such as use, usage, and reusable.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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