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survivable

survivable

1 3.9
Able to stay in effect after a change or event
  • adjective
  • /sərˈvaɪvəbl/
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  • Twenty percent is barely survivable if it's a bridge loan.

Examples

  • Climate change, on the other hand, while certainly survivable by the human race, has the potential for severe, even catastrophic, change for certain parts of the human race.

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  • The level of energy in the pulse... didn't seem survivable.

  • Even then, it would take some ten years or more to build a survivable nuclear force.

    Academic text (1990)
  • These are two of the least survivable places on Earth.

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  • Expect reliable and survivable performance in shock exposure.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I have felt much worse than this, though, and I still manage to ride my bike without much problem, so while it's not ideal, it's survivable for the long term.

    Blog text (31)
  • Building a structure like that so that it was long-term survivable would have been a serious engineering challenge, but I can see how it could have been done.

    Blog text (3)
  • Well, there are indications that limited tracts of land may be survivable.

  • He said, "The core of the story "is the family in the yellow house, "and that's what makes it all survivable."

  • Despite the harsh conditions, the explorer believed the situation was survivable and continued his journey.

Synonyms

endurable
vssurvivable
1 5.1

People can stand pain or hard work even if it is unpleasant

is about continuing to exist or stay effective after an event not just toleration
sufferable
vssurvivable
7.1

You can put up with it even if it is unpleasant

is about continuing to exist or stay effective after an event not mere endurance

Antonyms

3 8.0

Too unpleasant or painful to bear

How Survivable

manageable
57 3.2
survivable
1 3.9
endurable
1 5.1
bearable
25 3.2

Surface Forms

survivable positive

Morphology

survivable = survive (transparent) = survive + able

Standard derivation from 'survive' + '-able' indicating something can continue to exist or be endured; meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word survivable comes from Latin parts super- 'over' and vivere 'to live', the same root as revive. So, when a rule or condition is survivable, it can 'continue to exist' or remain in effect after a change.