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deliverable

deliverable

3 5.3
Ready to be given or sent to a client
  • adjective
  • /dɪˈlɪvərəbəl/
  • Jargon
translation icon : entregable
  • Rarely will you be working on only one project, with only one upcoming deliverable or deadline.

Examples

  • In week 13, students present the third deliverable, a refined MVP along with customer feedback.

    Academic text (2017)

  • So I've taken steps to make this scheme deliverable and fair.

  • Of the 2,000 e-mails, only 1,049 were deliverable.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The Technical Design Report (TDR) will be the culmination and final deliverable for the Global Design Effort.

    Blog text (33)

  • The program is not just professional learning; teams are tasked with specific work beyond the meeting times that contribute to the year's most important deliverable: a district action plan for school-based teams to implement the transformation in year two of the program.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The project manager emphasized that every team must submit a deliverable by the end of the month.

  • Our goal is to ensure that each task has a clear deliverable that can be measured and evaluated.

  • During the meeting, the client requested an updated deliverable that reflects the latest changes.

Synonyms

forthcoming
vsdeliverable
21 4.1

Ready to be given when needed

is suitable for handover under a project or contract
deployable
vsdeliverable
1 5.3

Ready to be sent and used when needed

focuses on readiness for project or contract handover not on deployment
shippable
vsdeliverable
2.8

Can be sent to an address by mail or delivery service

is suitable for project or contract handover rather than physical transport

Antonyms

undeliverable
2 4.2

Not able to be delivered to the person or place it should reach

How Ready

final
∞ 1.0
deliverable
  • Jargon
3 5.3
ready
∞ 1.0
unfinished
132 2.7

Surface Forms

deliverable positive

Morphology

deliverable = deliver (transparent) = deliver + able

Clear, productive suffixation: 'deliver' + '-able' yields an adjective meaning 'able to be delivered'.

Etymology

Deliverable comes from the verb deliver, which originally meant 'to set free' from the old root liber ('free'), and the ending -able means 'able to be'. So a deliverable is something 'able to be delivered' and ready to be handed over.