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FEASIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
Synonyms:
executable; feasible; practicable; viable; workable
Classified under:
Similar:
possible (capable of happening or existing)
Derivation:
feasibility; feasibleness (the quality of being doable)
Context examples:
The consultation upon the play still went on, and Miss Crawford's attention was first called from Fanny by Tom Bertram's telling her, with infinite regret, that he found it absolutely impossible for him to undertake the part of Anhalt in addition to the Butler: he had been most anxiously trying to make it out to be feasible, but it would not do; he must give it up.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
This peptide is small enough—only 12 amino acids—that the researchers believed it would be feasible to create some variants of the peptide and test them to see if they might become more potent against microbes and less harmful to humans.
(Venom of Wasp, Bee Repurposed as Antibiotic Drug, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The rise and application of ‘big data’ in healthcare, assessing and analysing detailed, large-scale datasets makes it increasingly feasible to make predictions about health and disease outcomes and enable stratified approaches to prevention and clinical management.
(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)
That looks feasible.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He had been thinking it over most deeply, most intently; he had at first hoped to induce Mr. Woodhouse to remove with her to Donwell; he had wanted to believe it feasible, but his knowledge of Mr. Woodhouse would not suffer him to deceive himself long; and now he confessed his persuasion, that such a transplantation would be a risk of her father's comfort, perhaps even of his life, which must not be hazarded.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It certainly sounds feasible.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
While this study shows a proof-of-principle, the researchers say that as technology improves and becomes more affordable, it is feasible that a comprehensive health evaluation using a battery of protein models derived from a single blood sample could be offered as routine by health services.
(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)
