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executable

executable

4 5.8
Possible to do with the available money and time
  • adjective
  • /ˈɛksɪkjʊtəbl/
translation icon : ejecutable
  • In any situation, the idea is to create an executable specification and create automated testing for your code base.
  • executable code
  • executable file

You need to have a finite executable outcome.

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Examples

  • To ensure success, we need a plan that is executable within our budget and resources.

  • Key factors for the success of asP in this application were its high expressiveness and the possibility to evolve an executable specification in close interaction with domain experts on site who, although not computer experts, could help get it right in a short time.

    Academic text (2011)
  • If we noticed it today, how long do you think it would take us to come up with an executable plan?

  • You need to have a finite executable outcome.

  • It's not profitable, it's not executable, it's not safe, and it's not effective..." Today most chains take a farm-to-table approach, he explained.

    Academic text (2009)
  • After meeting with the team, we finally agreed on an executable strategy to improve our sales.

  • The committee proposed several ideas, but only one was deemed executable in the given timeframe.

Synonyms

viable
vsexecutable
177 5.4

Possible to do successfully with available resources

emphasizes possibility given current means rather than future potential
feasible
vsexecutable
88 4.9

Possible to do or make happen

stresses ability to be carried out given means, not ease
workable
vsexecutable
37 3.9

Possible to do successfully with the tools and conditions we have

means something is possible to carry out given available means
practicable
vsexecutable
8 5.8

Possible to do successfully in real life

highlights that action is possible given the available means
implementable
vsexecutable
1 4.5

People can put it into practice in the real world

focuses on being possible given available means and circumstances
exercisable
vsexecutable
  • Specialized
6.7

Can be used or made active, for example a legal right

is about being possible to carry out given means, not legal use

How Feasible

practical
507 2.6
executable
4 5.8
doable
51 1.8
difficult
1.6
impractical
38 5.3
impossible
1.4

Surface Forms

executable positive

Morphology

executable = execute (transparent) = execute + able

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'execute' with the productive suffix '-able', meaning 'able to be carried out'.

Etymology

Executable comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and sequi 'to follow', so it originally meant 'to follow out' or 'carry out'. That's why an executable plan is one you can actually do or put into effect.