viable

Etymology

From French, from Medieval Latin *vītābilis (“capable of life”), from Latin vīta (“life”); see vital.

adj

  1. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
  2. Able to be done, possible, practicable, feasible.
    a viable option
  3. Capable of working successfully
    Barker believed that evidence was emerging that a "solid proportion" of operations were "grossly uneconomic", and that no amount of improvement in equipment would make them viable. He suggested that "while the superstructure of the report is correct, the foundations require radical re-examination". March 8 2023, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42
  4. (biology) Able to live and develop.

noun

  1. (biology) An organism that is able to live and develop.

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