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achievable, a.|əˈtʃiːvəb(ə)l| [f. achieve v. + -able.] Capable of being achieved.
c1630Jackson Creed vii. iv. Wks. VII. 22 Whether the conversion of other metals or materials into gold be acheivable. 1851H. Spencer Soc. Stat. xxxii. §2 The degree of conformity achievable by one is not the same as that achievable by others.
Add: Hence aˌchievaˈbility n.
1926A. N. Whitehead Sci. & Mod. World x. 226 Possibility is that in which there stands achievability, abstracted from achievement. 1988Tennis June 12/2 The problem is that the achievability of the requisite level of success almost never bears any relation to the realistic prospects of attainment. |