"actionable" meaning in English

See actionable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-actionable.ogg [US] Forms: actionable [positive], more actionable [comparative], most actionable [superlative]
Etymology: action + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|action|able}} action + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is actionable, then it can be acted on.
    Sense id: simple-actionable-en-adj-BUPs5WY8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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