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⚙️ Able to operate 💻 Able to execute 🏃 Safe for running
runnable

runnable

4.9
Able to be started and used by a computer or machine
  • adjective
  • /ˈrʌnəbl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : ejecutable
  • He created a runnable script that automates the backup process for important files.

Examples

  • After debugging, the developers confirmed that the application is now runnable without errors.

  • Guess what program implements the runnable interface.

  • Now, you expect that assembler to produce you a runnable executable binary.

  • Get the next entry in the task table (this implies the first entry was not runnable). If it is ready to run, run it. When it returns, start over at the first entry.

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  • The software update made the program fully runnable on the latest operating system.

Synonyms

operable
vsrunnable
4 4.6

A machine or system that works and can be used

is specific to being executed by a computer or machine

Antonyms

unexecutable
  • Specialized
8.2

Not able to be run by a computer or done as a task

How Executable

executable
  • Specialized
2 4.9
runnable
  • Specialized
4.9
difficult
∞ 1.6
unexecutable
  • Specialized
8.2
impossible
∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

runnable positive

Morphology

runnable = run (transparent) = run + able

Productive adjectival formation from the verb 'run' with '-able' meaning 'able to be run'; meaning is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Runnable comes from the simple verb run meaning 'to make something work' and the ending -able meaning 'can be'. So if software is runnable, it 'can be run' or started by a computer.