: able to be done or attained : achievable, possible
It will be difficult, but it's still doable.
You wouldn't want your first outside venture to be in Fiji or something. Pennsylvania is very doable. It's not far from here.—
Mitchel Etess
Mitchel EtessThe format is arranged to present a dish's original recipe in Latin, then translate and modernize it so that it is more doable than not.—Richard Flaste
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Wolfe said growing the fungus that way is doable, but more difficult.
—Josh Lederman, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
If possible, shop for a local restaurant's gift card, but if that’s not doable, a Seamless gift card in any amount will allow sleepy new parents to order breakfast, lunch, or dinner from their favorite restaurants.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
The migration process from Google Podcasts to Pocket Casts is a little trickier, but still doable.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
Add a little pastel pep to your holiday with our favorite (and completely doable) crafts.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
Keep your life and plans simple, doable and within budget.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Columns are too densely placed for an open-plan office, but threading kitchens and bedrooms between them is eminently doable.
—Curbed, 24 Jan. 2024
Similar to the incremental transition that experts recommend for children, easing your furry friends into a change of a few minutes at a time over the course of several days will be more doable than an abrupt one-hour overhaul.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Learning the dodges is doable in some fights, if not still unfun, but the insta-death dungeons are deeply frustrating.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Josh Lederman, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2024
If possible, shop for a local restaurant's gift card, but if that’s not doable, a Seamless gift card in any amount will allow sleepy new parents to order breakfast, lunch, or dinner from their favorite restaurants.
—Maya Polton, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024
The migration process from Google Podcasts to Pocket Casts is a little trickier, but still doable.
—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
Add a little pastel pep to your holiday with our favorite (and completely doable) crafts.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2024
Keep your life and plans simple, doable and within budget.
—Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
Columns are too densely placed for an open-plan office, but threading kitchens and bedrooms between them is eminently doable.
—Curbed, 24 Jan. 2024
Similar to the incremental transition that experts recommend for children, easing your furry friends into a change of a few minutes at a time over the course of several days will be more doable than an abrupt one-hour overhaul.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
Learning the dodges is doable in some fights, if not still unfun, but the insta-death dungeons are deeply frustrating.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from don "to do entry 1" + -able -able
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Doable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doable. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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doable
adjective
do·able
ˈdü-ə-bəl
: capable of being done
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