"achievable" meaning in English

See achievable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-achievable.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more achievable [comparative], most achievable [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English achieve Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English achievable From achieve + -able. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|achieve|-able|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English achieve Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English achievable [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "est", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-dʰlom", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "agent noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tḗr", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-trom", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dʰlis", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ðlis", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-bilis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ābilis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-able", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-able", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "achievable", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="achievable"> From achieve + -able. Head templates: {{en-adj}} achievable (comparative more achievable, superlative most achievable)
  1. Capable of being achieved, which either means possible or probable. Translations (capable of being achieved): arritshëm (Albanian), достижим (dostižim) (Bulgarian), осъществим (osǎštestvim) (Bulgarian), assolible (Catalan), assolidor (Catalan), 可完成的 (kě wánchéng de) (english: explanatory) (Chinese Mandarin), 可實現的 /可实现的 (kě shíxiàn de) (Chinese Mandarin), 可行的 (kěxíng de) (Chinese Mandarin), dosažitelný [masculine] (Czech), haalbaar (Dutch), haalbare (Dutch), bereikbaar (Dutch), saavutatav (Estonian), saavutettavissa (Finnish), réussissable (French), réalisable (French), atteignable (French), erreichbar (German), erzielbar (German), verwirklichbar (German), εφικτός (efiktós) (Greek), realizzabile (Italian), fattibile (Italian), raggiungibile (Italian), conseguibile (Italian), so-chooilley (Manx), osiągalny (Polish), conseguível (Portuguese), достижи́мый (dostižímyj) (Russian), осуществи́мый (osuščestvímyj) (Russian), lograble (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-achievable-en-adj-99cnJ~tT Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English terms suffixed with -able Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -able: 61 39 Disambiguation of 'capable of being achieved': 97 3
  2. Not linked to fate or outside influences.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: nonachievable, unachievable Related terms: achievability

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