"actionable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/ [US], /ˈæk.ʃən.ə.bəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-actionable.ogg [US] Forms: more actionable [comparative], most actionable [superlative]
Etymology: action + -able. Compare Late Latin actionabilis. See action. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|action|able}} action + -able, {{der|en|LL.|actionabilis}} Late Latin actionabilis, {{m|en|action}} action Head templates: {{en-adj}} actionable (comparative more actionable, superlative most actionable)
  1. Able to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.
    Sense id: en-actionable-en-adj-CRvnd5XP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 49 27 25
  2. (law) Affording grounds for legal action. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-actionable-en-adj-JXkt0A~4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: actionability, actionably, inactionable, nonactionable, unactionable

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/ [US], /ˈæk.ʃən.ə.bəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-actionable.ogg [US]
Etymology: action + -able. Compare Late Latin actionabilis. See action. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|action|able}} action + -able, {{der|en|LL.|actionabilis}} Late Latin actionabilis, {{m|en|action}} action Head templates: {{en-noun|countable}} actionable (plural countable)
  1. That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action. Tags: countable, plural Translations (affording grounds for legal action): kannekelpoinen (Finnish), provedivost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian) Translations (that can be acted on): toimiin oikeuttava (Finnish), exequível (Portuguese), viável (Portuguese), provedivost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-actionable-en-noun-ZY9g-avG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 35 32

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