"practicable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: practicable [positive], more practicable [comparative], most practicable [superlative]
Etymology: From practice + -able. The "e" in "practice" gets removed. Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|practice|able}} practice + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Able to be practiced.
    Sense id: simple-practicable-en-adj-8p~QS518
  2. Able to be put into practice. In other words, it can be done.
    Sense id: simple-practicable-en-adj-QVvSqx4c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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