"doable" meaning in All languages combined

See doable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈduː.ə.bəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doable.wav Forms: more doable [comparative], most doable [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːəbəl Etymology: From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|doable}} Middle English doable, {{suffix|en|do|able}} do + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} doable (comparative more doable, superlative most doable)
  1. Possible to do; feasible.
    Sense id: en-doable-en-adj-zyAQZcoY
  2. (informal) Worthy of sexual conquest. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-doable-en-adj-j34Ywjqg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -able, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 76 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 7 56 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 84 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 90 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: doability, undoable

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈduː.ə.bəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-doable.wav Forms: doables [plural]
Rhymes: -uːəbəl Etymology: From Middle English doable, equivalent to do + -able. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|doable}} Middle English doable, {{suffix|en|do|able}} do + -able Head templates: {{en-noun}} doable (plural doables)
  1. Something that can be done; a possible or practical task.
    Sense id: en-doable-en-noun-Trq4GsaU

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2021 May 5, “Andy Burnham's speech to the TfN board meeting”, in RAIL, number 930, page 51:",
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