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UK
/vˈaɪəbəl/
]
[ US /ˈvaɪəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈvaɪəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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capable of life or normal growth and development
a viable fetus
viable seeds - capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are
How To Use viable In A Sentence
- That's, kind of, the heart of what they call compassionate conservatism: that the American experience must be alive and viable for everyone, and that government has a role to help people have the tools so they can help themselves. CNN Transcript Jul 23, 2004
- Much derided, but with an unenviable job. Times, Sunday Times
- Aliquots were withdrawn at the indicated times, the viable titer was determined, and the percentage of survivors was calculated.
- With poor mineral resources, its prospects as an independent, viable country were secured by the invention of refrigeration.
- But any candidate who does not reach 15 percent in a given precinct is deemed ‘not viable,’ and his supporters will then pick another.
- May is in an enviable position and enjoys huge backing from the public. The Sun
- This was a cosy arrangement, but it is no longer viable.
- Two catalytic subunits of PP2A are encoded by two closely related genes, ppa1 + and ppa2 +, and strains in which both genes are disrupted are inviable.
- The active principle is extracted and purified from plant material for as long as that process remains economically viable compared with chemical synthesis.
- He did so by rubbishing the only viable goal of any Liberal Democrat election campaign - a hung parliament.