practicableとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Latin prācticābilis, partly modelled on Middle French praticable. By surface analysis, practice (verb) +‎ -able.

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɹæktɪkəbəl/

形容詞

practicable (not comparable)

1. Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
   • 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 433:

     Those who have concerned themselves exclusively with what seemed practicable in the existing state of opinion have constantly found that even this has rapidly become politically impossible as the result of changes in a public opinion which they have done nothing to guide.

   • 1986, Fred Matheny, Solo Cycling: How to Train and Race Bicycle Time Trials, page 136:

     The law in most states says that cyclists must ride as far to the right as is practicable.

   • 2010 September 13, Publishers Weekly, Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians‎:

     This sober and unflinching analysis should be read and reckoned with by anyone concerned with practicable change in the long-suffering region.

   • 2023 May 4, Jack Bantock, “Tee-k Tock: The ‘appalling’ slow play controversy riling golf’s biggest stars”, in CNN‎:

     “The player should usually be able to play more quickly than that and is encouraged to do so,” the guidelines state, with golfers that exceed 40 seconds – AKA “bad time” – “informed as soon as practicable” by a tournament official.

   • 2025 January 21, Christian Edwards, “What is the World Health Organization and why does Trump want to leave it?”, in CNN‎:

     Monday’s executive order called on the secretary of state and director of the Office of Management and Budget to pause funding “with all practicable speed.”

2. Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
3. Available for use; accessible or employable.
   • 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:

     I glanced up, — there was no trap door which led to the roof. No practicable nook or cranny, in which a living being could lie concealed, was anywhere at hand.

使用する際の注意点

Example of use contrasted with practical:

• "While others might agree that it was practical to rewrite the entire section, it was not truly practicable given other considerations."

同意語

• (capable of being accomplished): feasible, workable
• usable

反意語

• impracticable

派生語

• practicability
• practicableness
• practicably

関連する語

• practical

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